MarketingVOX: Media companies including Viacom, Microsoft, MySpace, Fox, NBC, CBS, Veoh and Dailymotion are creating a consortium on how best to deal with copyrighted video online.
The consortium was forged to determine how best to execute technology for eliminating copyright-infringing content online, according to Reuters.
Though in talks to join, Google is absent from the pact.
YouTube is being sued by Viacom and NBCU in a $1 billion copyright infringement case. Perhaps seeking amends, Google just announced the creation of its own copyright infringement tools.
Ars Technica believes media companies will learn from mistakes the RIAA made in attempting to manage copyrighted music on file-sharing sites. Its methods have been subject to critique in the past.
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- Universal Says ‘Oh Yeah?,’ Sues Veoh
- And the Tables Turn: Video-Sharing Site Sues Major Music Label
- Copyright Owners Enlist Humans to Police YouTube
- Google Waffles on Content Filtering ETA
- Time Warner, Disney Test YouTube Video ID System
- EMI to Share Licensed Content on YouTube
- YouTube Founders Take Troubles in Stride
- NBCU Joins Viacom in YouTube Piracy Suit
