Fox Subpoenaes YouTube Over “24″ Episode Uploads
by John Little on 25/01/2007Uploading entire episodes of your favorite television shows to YouTube is just laying out lawyer bait:
D’oh! Twentieth Century Fox has subpoenaed YouTube to reveal the identity of users who uploaded four episodes of the TV series “24″ and twelve episodes of “The Simpsons,” Google Watch has learned.
The subpoena reads, in part:
On or about January 8, 2007, Fox became aware that a subscriber (“the Subscriber”) of YouTube Inc.s’ Internet-based service uploaded pirated copies of the works onto YouTube, making it available for illegal viewing over the Internet to anyone who wishes to watch it. Fox has not authorized this distribution or display of the works. The subpoena request YouTube, Inc. to disclose information sufficient to identify the Subscriber so that Fox can stop this infringing activity.
YouTube declined to comment. A phone call to Fox’s legal representation was not returned.
The user, ECOtotal, has been suspended but that may not be the end of the story.
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