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YouTube Ordered To Remove Videos, Filter Future Uploads By German Court

Posted by Soulskill on from the germany-sets-precedent dept.

suraj.sun sends this excerpt from Deutsche Welle: "YouTube was told by a regional court in Hamburg on Friday not to display seven out of 12 contested clips without permission from the German copyright fee collecting society Gema. Gema claimed that its members were losing money every time their music was being displayed on YouTube. A proper licensing fee between the two sides expired in 2009. The Hamburg State Court ruled YouTube would in future have to install an efficient mechanism to filter out such content uploaded by users or face a fine of up to 250,000 euros ($330,000) for each case, or up to six months imprisonment. Knowing that a foolproof filter system looks next to impossible, Gema is now hoping that Google will finally agree to a new bilateral licensing treaty whereby the collecting society would not get an annual lump sum for the contested videos, but a fixed fee each time copyright-protected videos are watched."

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  1. Re:Just withdraw from Germany. by busyqth · · Score: 5, Funny

    They don't need to go that far. They can just make it so that no matter what video you click on you get rickrolled.

  2. Re:Just withdraw from Germany. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Only if you can get David Hasselhoff to sing it.

  3. Re:"Bilateral"??? by idontgno · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's perfectly bilateral. There's a meeting of minds and consideration on both sides.

    Just like when Vinnie and Mr. Sung agree that (A) Mr. Sung will pay Vinnie 1/3 of the gross till of Mr. Sung's convenience store, or $2000 (whichever is more) each week; and (B) Vinnie agrees that Mr. Sung's convenience store won't accidentally burn down.

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  4. Re:Just withdraw from Germany. by stretch0611 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Only if you can get David Hasselhoff to sing it.

    Put a few cheesburgers on the floor... he'll do it...

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  5. Re:Just withdraw from Germany. by g0bshiTe · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yes because the population of Germany is such that the rest of the world would have to bear the brunt of the lost profits.

    Ever hear a mouse fart? Blocking Germany would be about as relevant to the Google brand in Germany.

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