Nigel Harper, 20 June 2009
French independent labels collecting society SPPF has filed a lawsuit against YouTube for alleged copyright infringement.In a statement, the producers' body said that more than 100 music videos of its catalog, which had been taken down by YouTube in 2008 following SPPF's request, were again available on the service in some form. SPPF is claiming €10 million [$13.9 million] in damages.
Google-owned YouTube responded by pointing out that SPPF has not signed up to its Content ID technical measures to identify any infringement.
Source: Billboard.biz via: Techdirt
