Viacom CEO Criticises YouTube Copyright Protection Efforts
Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman critisised the new copyright protection system for YouTube claiming is not satisfactory.
The system which was announced recently by Google is still in beta mode and dubbed YouTube Video Identification. Accroding to Google, it’s designed to help copyright holders control the distribution of their content over the internet.
Google’s new copyright protection system allows copyright holders such as […]
Joost Launched at Cannes
Joost, the online TV network officially launched at the MIPCOM, the annual audiovisual content trade show in Cannes, France this weekend.
Joost provides users with more than 15 thousand shows over the internet and includes instant messaging and chat funcionality.
Joost, founded by Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstorm was launched last year and will eventually display content created by its own users, […]
YouTube to pay Royalities to Artists
YoutTube reached a licensing agreement with the MCPS-PRS Alliance, a body responsible for the collection of royalties for musical artists in the UK.
The MCPS-PRS Alliance represents 50,000 musical performers, composers and publishers.
The agreement between Google-owned YouTube and the alliance will see millions of musical pieces licensed to YouTube in the UK.
MCPS-PRS Alliance’s managing director Andrew Shaw said that […]