The Guardian, one of the United Kingdom's finest news sources, has published an article outlining Time Warner's plans to pursue its copyright violation complaints against YouTube by taking the video sharing company to court.
YouTube serves 100 million videos a day, and there's no telling exactly how many of those videos are made up in whole or in part of copyrighted materials. Love it or hate it, this battle is Time Warner's to lose. While doing their rounds of media earlier this week, Google CEO Eric Schmidt and YouTube's founders spoke at length about how they encourage media companies to sign distribution deals with them, pointing to agreements with Sony/BMG and CBS. Google is also setting up a system that would allow content owners to report any illegally distributed videos found on YouTube.
One of the trends that practially defines the YouTube aesthetic is the lip-sync clip. YouTubers (usually bored teens in their bedrooms) turn the cameras on themselves, singing along or moving their lips while a song plays in the background. Observe this reading of a song by The Pixies.
These videos contain copyrighted material. Will this trend get blocked? Or just real music videos?
