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| Title: | COPYRIGHT CHALLENGES FOR USER GENERATED INTERMEDIARIES: VIACOM V YOUTUBE AND GOOGLE |
| Authors: | O’Brien, Damien |
| Keywords: | Copyright - Asia Pacific
Internet
Viacom
YouTube
Australia |
| Issue Date: | 2008 |
| Publisher: | Sydney University Press |
| Citation: | Copyright law, digital content and the Internet in the Asia-Pacific. |
| Abstract: | YouTube, the video sharing website has risen to be one of the most
popular and profitable websites on the Internet. What was first created
in February 2005 as a platform for people all over the world to share
videos, has now developed into a billion dollar business, that is an
integral part of the Google corporation. However, while the success and
popularity of YouTube is clear, the associated copyright issues which lie
at the very core of the YouTube platform, are far from settled.
Evidencing the legal uncertainty surrounding the operation of YouTube,
is the recent high profile litigation which has been brought by
entertainment company, Viacom International. The case filed in the
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and
any subsequent appeals, have the potential to be one of the most
influential copyright decisions in the digital era.
YouTube is not the only user generated intermediary to have
encountered legal difficulties, rather it exemplifies the copyright
challenges facing user generated intermediaries. Indeed, the evolution of
Web 2.0 and other new digital technologies have enabled digital content
to be easily reproduced and communicated online, without the
permission of the copyright owner. The following chapter will provide
an analysis of the recent Viacom v YouTube litigtion, including the claims brought by Viacom, both party’s arguments and an examination of the
key issues, which are likely to decide the outcome of the case. The
chapter will also consider copyright challenges for other user generated
intermediaries, such as blogs and wikis. Finally, the chapter will provide
an analysis from an Australian perspective of some of the copyright
challenges which user generated intermediaries are likely to encounter
under Australian copyright law. |
| Description: | Presented at the First International Forum on the Content Industry: Legal and Policy Framework for the Digital Content Industry collaboratively held by the East China University of Political Science and Law (http://www.ecupl.edu.cn) and the Queensland University of Technology (http://www.qut.edu.au) in Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, May 2007. This publication is an output of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (http://www.cci.edu.au) Queensland University of Technology. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2123/2347 |
| ISBN: | 9781920898724 |
| Appears in Collections: | Copyright law, digital content and the Internet in the Asia-Pacific
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