YoutTube will warn Japanese users about movie rights

YouTube recently approved to publish warnings to customers on its Japanese website that it cannot upload copyrighted works on this site.

The decision made this time is part of ongoing negotiations between YouTube and the Japan Music Copyright Association (JASRAC). This is the organization last year that asked an American media to remove 30,000 videos because of copyright infringement.

During the past year, YouTube has become a popular website in the sunrise country for two main reasons. Firstly, with this number one video sharing website, people here can watch their favorite videos for free at any time. Secondly, domestic broadcasters are still very limited in the number of programs offered through the Internet.

However, this time, the website bought by Google for $ 1.65 billion last year is being criticized by a number of Japanese television and film networks for "abetting" the spread of infringing programs. license.

' YouTube is not illegal, but the trouble is that copyrighted content is free to upload to this site .' Mr. Ryohei Ishii, a manager of NHK Japan National Television commented.

Last week, media carrier Viacom asked YouTube to remove more than 100,000 video clips due to failure to reach a distribution agreement. Meanwhile, giants like Warner Music Group and NBC Universal have teamed up with YouTube in the online entertainment content service.

Mr. Hideki Matsutake, representative of the Council of Japanese Artist Organizations said: ' Although we have not come to an agreement in the current discussion, it will be the best if we can finally shake hands. on negotiating a contract with YouTube '.

JASRAC said last Thursday (1/2) had a meeting with directors of YouTube and Google, including YouTube CEO Chad Hurley for the first time to Tokyo.

In the outgoing email of the number one online video sharing service, there is a paragraph: ' YouTube always respects copyright issues and has cooperated with many copyright holders. The opportunity to negotiate with Japanese organizations is very important and we hope to continue constructing discussions on ideas in the future '.

Do Duong