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Music Rights Holders Sue YouTube Again

bennyboy64 writes "NewTeeVee reports on a criminal investigation that has been launched against senior executives of YouTube and parent company Google in Hamburg, Germany over allegations of copyright infringement. The case started after a complaint was filed by German music rights holders. Hamburg's prosecutor has formally requested assistance from US colleagues to compel YouTube to produce log files identifying who uploaded as well as who viewed 500 specific videos."

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  1. Re:Performance != Observance by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nice try at appearing multilingual, however, I would suggest using a different internet translator next time as your statement makes no sense.

    If you wanted to say "We are germans, what can you really expect?", that would be "Wir sind Deutsche, was erwarten Sie?"

    P.S. great captcha: condom... he he - the robotic overlord says it in a rather excited way

  2. Re:Take it to the extremes by maxwell+demon · · Score: 2, Funny

    You have no idea of modern art. You still think art has to be something traditional like music, paintings etc. Actually they are producing legal art by using the law in creative ways (and creativity is the base of art, isn't it?) and performance art where the performance is done by lawyers in the courtroom.

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    The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
  3. Re:Performance != Observance by lastchance_000 · · Score: 3, Funny

    If I were a lawmaker, I don't think it would seem so stupid. I support the laws the media organizations want me to support, and they keep sending me money. Where's the problem?

  4. Re:Performance != Observance by icebraining · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, when I'm forced to go to court, I'll b sure to bring a small boombox so the judge can be liable for copyright infringement too.