YouTube Removed 30,000 Japanese Videos from Site

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday October 20, 2006 @02:53AM from the awww-but-i-like-the-funny-japanese-tv dept.

Grooves writes "YouTube has been asked to remove almost 30,000 videos from their site, according to reports. The Japan Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC) found 29,549 videos on the site that had materials contained in them that where not authorized by rights holders. From the article, 'A spokesperson for that organization said that they were considering petitioning YouTube for a better screening process. Although YouTube is legally obligated to remove infringing material when notified, some copyright holders have expressed irritation at the notion that they need to police YouTube themselves.' Now that Google's is attached to the site, will events like this become more commonplace?"

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This is getting me most exercised! by BorgCopyeditor · 2006-10-20 03:14 · Score: 0, Redundant

How dare you say
such a thing
to me?!

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Great! by DaRiuX · 2006-10-20 03:19 · Score: 0, Redundant

Some japanese movies are horrible... I apreciate the initiative.