Facebook puts the boot into “freebooters”
It’s been a long time coming but Facebook has started making moves towards a video copyright infringement system along the lines of YouTube’s ContentID. In a blog post, the company…
YouTube pre-empts copyright strikes
In an attempt to make its Creators more aware of the issues they may fall foul of if they upload videos with copyright music tracks on them, YouTube has unveiled…
Vimeo chills out to DMCA demands
There has been no small amount of coverage of YouTube’s recent-ish introduction of its copyright strike system which has both enabled legitimate copyright owners to issue infringement notices against people…
Vimeo reacts to user fears about copyright system
Following in the footsteps of YouTube, video hosting site Vimeo is to introduce a copyright-flagging system to highlight videos uploaded to its servers which use someone else’s copyright work (generally, music).…