Google Deal Allegedly Lets UMG Wipe YouTube Videos It Doesn't Own

Posted by Soulskill on Friday December 16, 2011 @04:59AM from the sounds-about-right dept.

Sockatume writes "Ars Technica is reporting that Google has given music conglomerate UMG the right to arbitrarily eliminate YouTube videos. When UMG had Megaupload's 'Mega Song' removed from the site, it was assumed that they had made a DMCA claim, and that YouTube was responding under its 'safe harbor' obligations. Megaupload's legal response argues that UMG has no grounds to request a DMCA takedown. However in court filings (PDF), UMG claims that its licensing agreement with Google gives it the power and authority to unilaterally wipe videos from the site, bypassing the DMCA entirely. If true, that means that your activities on YouTube are not just curtailed by the law, but by the terms of their secret agreements with media conglomerates."

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Re:And you think the DMCA and SOPA are bad. by LordLimecat · 2011-12-16 05:39 · Score: 0, Troll

Wasnt google sued by several companies due to their resistance to filtering videos?
Yea, but I guess their duty is to run Youtube into the ground through litigation, right?
Want to host my pirated content? by walterbyrd · 2011-12-16 06:00 · Score: 0, Troll

So if you don't host my pirated content, then are you a douche?