YouTube Says Copyright Plaintiffs Typify Content ID Misuse
Use of YouTube's Content ID "requires far greater care and candor" than composer Maria Schneider and Pirate Monitor showed in their lawsuit, YouTube's Google said in an answer and counterclaim Monday (in Pacer, docket 20-cv-04423) in U.S. District Court in…
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San Francisco. Schneider and Pirate Monitor allege Google's YouTube facilitated piracy by keeping individual artists from being able to access Content ID to prevent piracy of their works. Google said Content ID can easily be misused and Schneider and Pirate Monitor are examples of how. Google said Pirate Monitor's video uploading breached terms of a service agreement. Plaintiffs' counsel didn't comment Tuesday.