14 DAY TRIAL // Since the Google acquisition in October 2006, YouTube was continuously criticized for the content published on the page, being sued for uploading videos without authorization. It seems like the company is now planning to reveal the first utility meant to protect the firm against copyright lawsuits: numerous warning messages that will be displayed every time a user tries to post a new movie so, the entire responsibility is received by the customers of the service.
"YouTube also said that it would make efforts to filter out copyrighted Japanese video with the help of its parent company Google, according to a statement from a group of 23 Japanese TV stations, entertainment companies and other organizations. The statement said YouTube agreed to post the warnings "soon," but the Japan Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers expects it to happen in about a month, according to spokesman Masato Oikawa," The Age reported.
The history of the YouTube lawsuits is quite interesting. Since the Google acquisition for $1.6 billion, the company was sued several times for publishing videos without authorization. Some time ago, Daniela Cicarelli, Ronaldo's ex-wife, filed a complaint against the search giant for uploading movies without her approval. At that time, a Brazilian court ordered Google to close YouTube Brazil until the company removes all the videos with the model from the page.
Recently, Viacom, the provider of numerous televisions programs such as MTV or Comedy Central, demanded Google to remove almost 100.000 clips from the page because they consider YouTube receives praises without paying for the content provided by other publishers. It seems like the search giant already started to remove certain videos because they are now unavailable but YouTube plans multiple partnerships meant to increase the amount of content published on the page.