YOUTUBE REGULATIONS

Seth Bumbalough

General

YouTube is the #1 video sharing website in the world

Created by college students trying to find a way to share videos online

Currently owned by Google

Regulations

As found on YouTube

Lawsuits

Tur vs. YouTube

Robert Tur (July 14, 2006)

Professional photographer

Filed lawsuit for several of his videos which were on YouTube without permission

Lawsuit not held due to Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)

(Breen 2007, Griffith & Mckinny 2007, Pike 2007)

Viacom vs. YouTube

1 Billion Dollar lawsuit by Viacom

Federal Judge ordered viewer history of YouTube to Viacom

I.P. Privacy concerns were brought up

Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) upheld personal privacy concerns

(Brown 2007, Helft 2008, Holahan 2008)

Consequences

Pike 2007

Benefits of YouTube

YouTube is a social network

People share new videos

Very engaging materials

Allows for comments and messages from YouTube users with another on these videos and personalized pages

(Lange 2008)

More Benefits

Diversity in Content

May help find target groups with what is posted

Possibility of low cost advertisement

YouTube does not have to submit to National Law Standards (Except copyright laws)

(Vintersvärd 2011)

Conclusion

YouTube is a great way to network and show off talent in video production

Copyright laws are a nuisance to YouTube, but has been able to use several laws to make sure viewers privacy is kept private

YouTube regulates users and what content they share if copyright materials become an issue with any individual(s).

Work Cited

Breen, J. C. (2007). YouTube or YouLose? Can YouTube Survive a Copyright Infrignement Lawsuit. The Berkely Electronic Press

Brown, J., Butzer, C., & Latham, R. (2007). Legal Implications of User Generated Content: YouTube, MySpace, Facebook. Griffith, D., & McKinney, B. (2007). Can Heather Gillette Save YouTube? Internet Service Providers and Copyright Liability. Issues In Information Age, 3(2).

Helft, M. (2008). Google Told to Turn Over User Data of YouTube. The New York Times.

Helft, M. (2008). YouTube Blocked in China, Google Says. The New York Times.

Holahan, C. (2008). Viacom vs. YouTube: Beyond Privacy. Business Week. Lange, P. (2008). Publicly Private and Privately Public: Social Networking on YouTube. Journal of Computer- Mediated Communication, 13, 361-380. Pike, G. H. (2007). Legal Issues: Google, YouTube, Copyright, and Privacy. Information Today, 24(4). Vintersvärd, A. (2011). Copyright in Social Media A Preparatory Study in Access to Protected YouTube Clips.