http://www.blogherald.com/2006/10/22/youtube-submitters-not-immune-from-litigation/ The leading source of news covering social media and the blogosphere. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:18:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/10/22/youtube-submitters-not-immune-from-litigation/comment-page-1/#comment-128937 davis freeberg Mon, 23 Oct 2006 00:23:04 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/10/22/youtube-submitters-not-immune-from-litigation/#comment-128937 With all of the backlash about YouTube getting sued, I think that the real risk is the users who are uploading the content will be sued. The DMCA will protect YouTube, but if you get caught uploading something that people want to protect you are on the line. It's too bad people have to be so restrictive with their content, but them the rules. Hopefully, we only see a few fringe producers try and enforce them. With all of the backlash about YouTube getting sued, I think that the real risk is the users who are uploading the content will be sued. The DMCA will protect YouTube, but if you get caught uploading something that people want to protect you are on the line. It’s too bad people have to be so restrictive with their content, but them the rules. Hopefully, we only see a few fringe producers try and enforce them.

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