YouTube was acquitted of charges and won the lawsuit in a top European court after being charged with a copyright case for an illegal upload in their platform. However, it was not YouTube that uploaded it, but a user and the streaming website were ruled to be unaccountable for its lack of actions that led to the upload.
The lawsuit has focused more on how people use the internet through many different users who utilize it to their preference and not view it as from a company like YouTube.
YouTube Lawsuit
The case is known as "Frank Peterson and Elsevier Inc. v Google LLC and Others," has concluded on a win for YouTube, which held them not liable for the illegal uploads on the platform last 2008 and 2009. However, the 11-year run of the lawsuit has only concluded now, and court documents show that the Luxembourg high court has sided with the tech giant.
Earlier then, YouTube was already focused on copyright policies and did not allow uploads that do not credit sources, artists, composers, and others requiring permissions. In the past months, YouTube has faced many lawsuits but has ultimately won them, particularly in the case of Steve Wozniak over Bitcoin cryptocurrency.
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How Did It Pass under YouTube's Nose?
According to The Register's report, Peterson's party had sought an appeal against YouTube earlier in the case, giving them a massive liability over this lawsuit because they failed to detect and delete the said content. In addition, the videos included here consist of songs from singer Sarah Brightman's "A Winter Symphony," which Peterson has rights that make him a stakeholder.
Frank Peterson is a German music producer, and knows his way around lawsuits, hence the case against YouTube and its parent company, Google, LLC.
YouTube has explained that upon detection of the content, they have removed it from the platform, but it remained undetected and passed over their noses, even before it happened. Case in point, Peterson had known about it before YouTube could take it down due to its illegal upload, hence the lawsuit against the company.
YouTube Copyright Laws
YouTube upholds a set of Copyright Laws and Guidelines on its platform to avoid lawsuits and cases that they would give users or receive as a company. Here, the company has its own set of rules against these kinds of behavior and enforces its regulations against users who do not honor the copyrights regarding other users' work.
YouTube said that people should familiarize themselves with the company's Terms and Conditions before uploading videos or music with copyright protection. Moreover, royalty-free music does not necessarily mean that it is free for use, as users need at least a visible credit on the video and put it in the description.
To learn more about YouTube's Copyright basics, watch the video below.
Written by Isaiah Richard
