07-30-2008, 12:18 PM
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Mediaset sues Google, YouTube; seeks $780 mln
I am wondering who is next t sue them.
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MILAN, July 30 (Reuters) - Italian broadcaster Mediaset (MS.MI: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) has sued Internet search company Google Inc. (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) and unit YouTube for 500 million euros ($780 million) for illegally using its material.
Mediaset, controlled by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, joins others broadcasters seeking compensation from YouTube, a video-sharing website, for copyright infringement.
Mediaset filed suit in a Rome court, the company said in a statement on Wednesday. A YouTube spokeswoman said it did not see the need for the legal case.
"YouTube respects copyright holders and takes copyright issues very seriously," the spokeswoman said in London. Google bought YouTube in 2006.
"There is no need for legal action ... We prohibit users from uploading infringing material and we cooperate with all copyright holders to identify and promptly remove infringing content as soon as we are officially notified," Google said in a separate statement.
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source: http://http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idINL04549520080730?rpc=44]Mediaset%20Sues%20Google%20and%20YouTube |
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