The media industry is clashing with YouTube over its proposal to offer anti-piracy tools only to companies that have distribution deals with the top online video-sharing service, media insiders have said.
YouTube, owned by Google, plans to introduce technology to help media companies identify pirated videos uploaded by users. But the tools are currently being offered as part of broader negotiations on licensing deals, they said.
The move contrasts with YouTube’s biggest rival, News Corp’s, popular internet social network, MySpace, which said today it would offer its own version of copyright protection services for free.
Aspokesman for Viacom, owner of MTV Networks and Comedy Central, said YouTube’s "proposition that they will only protect copyrighted content if there’s a business deal in place is unacceptable".
One media industry source likened YouTube’s policy to a "mafia shakedown".
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