The Court saved germ of new technology – Sony Betamax. The result is the prosperity of the film industry. We should not nip a bud of new technology – YouTube unless irreparable harm occurs. I think that YouTube can coexist with Viacom if we find a good solution. To save new technology such as YouTube would bring an industrial growth or benefits for our society as the VTR recorder history told.
However, it is also important to remember that we have to take into account the benefits of the contents holders or IP rights holders such as Viacom. Efforts of the contents holders should be compensated while we protect new technology which uses their contents.
One of my proposed solutions for Viacom and YouTube to live together is that YouTube pays royalty to Viacom in accordance with the number of views of the contents. Instead, Viacom allows the users of YouTube to use Viacom’s contents. In addition, the user declares use of the Viacom’s content when he uploads it to YouTube to make it easier to calculate the royalty. Law can no longer stop the trend of video sharing website technology. We should try to co-exist with the new technology by Law.
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Masashi Takeda
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