Facebook’s video policy criticised
Facebook has been forced to comment on the way it deals with video content after criticism from YouTube star Hank Green.
Ellis Sweetenham
August 6, 2015
Facebook has been forced to comment on the way it deals with video content after criticism from YouTube star Hank Green.
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has conducted a survey to investigate consumer trends in relation to streaming and downloading.
Facebook has been forced to comment on the way it deals with video content after criticism from YouTube star Hank Green.
Ok so the above quote is not an accurate quote from Mel Gibson’s Bravehear romp. But Roy Keane the United warrior and all round hero is suing Paddy Power of the use of an his image on an ad campaign. https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2015/jul/10/roy-keane-sues-paddy-power-over-braveheart-poster-image#img-1
YouTube has an automated takedown tool. However it all went pawshaped when it attacked a purring cat.
YouTube have been threatened with a $1billion dollar lawsuit for allegedly not having the correct performance rights for 20,000 songs.
It was reported this week that YouTube is growing at such a huge level that the more traditional providers of entertainment must be quaking in their boots You Tube Âs three most popular channels generated just under a billion views in November 2014 – yes- in one month!
No its not a reference to the band Erasure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x34icYC8zA0 but an important case concerning a UK citizen and Google. (Hegglin v (1) Person(s) Unknown and (2) Google [2014] EWHC 2808 (QB), 31 July 2014.)
IMPALA attacks You Tube. IMPALA is the world famous independent music label known as the “independents”, and represent Guadalupe Plata, the xx, Armin van Buuren, Caro Emerald, Adele, M83, Mogwai, Vitalic, Soap & Skin, Royksopp and Andrea Bocelli. It has decided to file a complaint under EC law for amongst other things breach of competition law. In short You Tube has got to big for its boots.
A YouGov poll this week illustrates how ‘free’ under-16s believe the Internet should be. Tne problem is a lack of faith in copyright law.