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Youtube was in perpetual high-cost lawsuits until they implemented Content ID to media conglomerates' satisfaction. The problem is the law.
by ploxiln 9y ago
Youtube was in perpetual high-cost lawsuits until they implemented Content ID to media conglomerates' satisfaction.
The problem is the law.
- jkaplowitz 9y agoAt least in the US, they tended to win those lawsuits, thanks to the fact that online content hosts receive a liability safe harbor if they comply with the DMCA provisions around takedowns and terminating repeat infringers. This was one of the good details of the DMCA, although other countries implementing the WIPO Internet Treaty may have done a less hoster-friendly job. Unless the problem was lawsuits outside the US or they wanted to make the US lawsuit nuisance go away (both entirely possible!), I imagine they started playing nice with the media conglomerates so as to be able to offer Google Play Music, Movies, and Books, for all of which they need licenses. Note for anyone who looks at my profile and sees Google among my former employers: I never worked for YouTube, Google Play, or Google legal and had no involvement with these decisions. I'm not speaking based on inside information or otherwise speaking for Google here.
- ploxiln 9y agoYeah, they won, but it still cost many millions ... I guess I mean the flaw is with the judicial system. But you have a great point, the media conglomerates could with-hold cooperation which Google needed for Google Play, so Google needed to make them happy anyway ...