KindleLink# Before Universal Music Group announced a deal to give YouTube users the right to incorporate works from its catalog in the material they upload, its CEO Doug Morris accused YouTube, MySpace and others of owing tens of millions of dollars in copyright damages. (Though the Google acquisition has gotten YouTube off the hook, the same can't be said for defendants Grouper and Bolt.)
# Some who have sued YouTube for infringement have indicated they intend to challenge its eligibility for the DMCA's safe harbor on the ground YouTube is not a service provider within the meaning of the Act.
# EFF's Fred von Lohmann discusses the DMCA and YouTube.
# Lawyer "Ron from DC's" YouTube video looks at the Tur v. YouTube case.
# TechCrunch turned out to be right that Warner Music Group's deal with YouTube was a sign of things to come.
# Creative Commons: symptom or solution?
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