Comments on: Japan Gunning For YouTube http://blogs.webpronews.com/2006/12/05/japan-gunning-for-youtube/ Internet Business and Marketing Trends Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:16:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Trans-Pacific Radio » TPR News: Friday, December 8, 2006 - Abe is less popular, Koizumi wants to go to Pyongyang, and the Bullying crisis continues :: Independent Podcasts from Tokyo, Japan - Japanese News, Politics, Business and Economy http://blogs.webpronews.com/2006/12/05/japan-gunning-for-youtube/#comment-94843 Trans-Pacific Radio » TPR News: Friday, December 8, 2006 - Abe is less popular, Koizumi wants to go to Pyongyang, and the Bullying crisis continues :: Independent Podcasts from Tokyo, Japan - Japanese News, Politics, Business and Economy Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:38:24 +0000 http://blogs.webpronews.com/2006/12/05/japan-gunning-for-youtube/#comment-94843 [...] YouTube is under pressure from Japan. JASRAC, the Japan Society for the Rights of Authors, Composer, and Publishers, sent a letter to YouTube’s CEO, Chad Hurley, and Chief Technology Officer, Steve Chen, asking the popular video sharing site to develop and put in place software that would automatically identify and remove copyrighted material from the site, as opposed to the current system in which copright holders must find the material and notify YouTube to have it removed. JASRAC, which asked YouTube to remove 30,000 files in October, feels that it is incumbent upon the site given its “current status” to prevent the posting of copyrighted material. They also asked for a notice on the site, in Japanese, explaining the illegality of uploading copyrighted material and a response by December 15th. [...] […] YouTube is under pressure from Japan. JASRAC, the Japan Society for the Rights of Authors, Composer, and Publishers, sent a letter to YouTube’s CEO, Chad Hurley, and Chief Technology Officer, Steve Chen, asking the popular video sharing site to develop and put in place software that would automatically identify and remove copyrighted material from the site, as opposed to the current system in which copright holders must find the material and notify YouTube to have it removed. JASRAC, which asked YouTube to remove 30,000 files in October, feels that it is incumbent upon the site given its “current status” to prevent the posting of copyrighted material. They also asked for a notice on the site, in Japanese, explaining the illegality of uploading copyrighted material and a response by December 15th. […]

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