I have witnessed many videos on YouTube which I feel can be regarded as unethical publishing. Furthermore, some of these videos break the law by using copyrighted material as their own. That is why this article on YouTube being sued over copyright issues instantly caught my eye.
This article was written by Greg Sandoval on 19 July 2006 for ZDNet News. The article is about a journalist and well-known helicopter pilot, Robert Tur, filing a lawsuit against the video-sharing site, YouTube. Robert Tur claims that someone posted a video he had taken 14 years ago on YouTube without his consent. This led him to accuse YouTube of encouraging users to infringe copyright laws. YouTube later removed his video from the site. However, Tur is asking the court for $150,000 per violation and to bar further use of his material (Sandoval 2006).
News networks complained that campaign commercials were using their footage, and they demanded that YouTube take them off its site (Sydell 2008). YouTube should create a system to prevent further problems on copyright issue occurring again. Ethical and responsible publishing should be obeyed at all times.
References
Sydell, L 2008, Networks Police YouTube for Copyright Violations, NPR, viewed 10 November 2008,
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95965641
Sandoval, G 2006, YouTube sued over copyright infringement, ZDNet News, viewed 11 November 2008, http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-148863.html
This article was written by Greg Sandoval on 19 July 2006 for ZDNet News. The article is about a journalist and well-known helicopter pilot, Robert Tur, filing a lawsuit against the video-sharing site, YouTube. Robert Tur claims that someone posted a video he had taken 14 years ago on YouTube without his consent. This led him to accuse YouTube of encouraging users to infringe copyright laws. YouTube later removed his video from the site. However, Tur is asking the court for $150,000 per violation and to bar further use of his material (Sandoval 2006).
News networks complained that campaign commercials were using their footage, and they demanded that YouTube take them off its site (Sydell 2008). YouTube should create a system to prevent further problems on copyright issue occurring again. Ethical and responsible publishing should be obeyed at all times.
References
Sydell, L 2008, Networks Police YouTube for Copyright Violations, NPR, viewed 10 November 2008,
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95965641
Sandoval, G 2006, YouTube sued over copyright infringement, ZDNet News, viewed 11 November 2008, http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-148863.html
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