YouTube Antipiracy Software Policy Draws Fire

YouTube, owned by Google, plans to introduce technology to help media companies identify pirated videos uploaded by users. But the tools are currently being offered as part of broader negotiations on licensing deals, they said. The move contrasts with YouTube’s biggest rival, News Corp.’s, popular Internet social network, MySpace, which said on Monday it would offer its own version of copyright protection services for free.

The proposed deal is likened to a “mafia showdown”, where YouTube only promises to filter content by a certain provider if there is a negotiation in place. This is going to be an ongoing issue… and a boring one at that. Hopefully deals can be put into place soon.

Source: News.com