YouTube dumping Japanese clips in droves
This is from is CNN:
Complete article here
I know a lot of Japanese in the US that use YouTube as a source of news and entertainment to keep up with what's going on the the Japanese media. Naturally copyright infringement is copyright infringement, but I wonder what the damages are? Is there not a benefit to having bands and comedians from Japan exposed to a world market? Can people not see an artist on YouTube, then make the effort to track down a CD or higher quality video? It's a philosophical question I won't try to answer here, but I am not sure what the TV studios in Japan are trying to protect. It isn't like the variety shows are released on DVD, (I can understand the issue with the "home dramas").
YouTube deletes clips on Japanese
media demands
The online
video site removed 29,549 video files after receiving a demand from a group of
Japanese media companies over copyright infringement.
October 20 2006: 6:48 AM EDT
TOKYO (Reuters) -- Google Inc.'s YouTube.com removed
29,549 video files from its popular Web site after receiving a demand from a
group of Japanese media companies over copyright infringement, an industry group
said Friday.
Complete article here
I know a lot of Japanese in the US that use YouTube as a source of news and entertainment to keep up with what's going on the the Japanese media. Naturally copyright infringement is copyright infringement, but I wonder what the damages are? Is there not a benefit to having bands and comedians from Japan exposed to a world market? Can people not see an artist on YouTube, then make the effort to track down a CD or higher quality video? It's a philosophical question I won't try to answer here, but I am not sure what the TV studios in Japan are trying to protect. It isn't like the variety shows are released on DVD, (I can understand the issue with the "home dramas").
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