As I remember, Youtube became famous for UCC two or three years ago. That means Youtube was filled with User Created Contents rather than copyright infringed contents. As digital techniques such as digital camera and digital recorder, are developing very quickly, new pen of young computer users is the digitalized and convenient electronic equipment. New electronic equipment is helping young generations produce and display their own contents very easily. Consequently, it became the vogue that young computer users express themselves in internet by uploading their own contents onto Youtube or their blog. So in some aspect, Youtube is the symbol of free expression in cyber-world. Although some of Youtube users are uploading illegal copyrighted contents, I guess the portion of illegal contents is small compared to total contents of Youtube. And I think the existence and proportion of UCC in Youtube will make Viacom v. Youtube case distinct from Napster case or Grokster case.
When I was in Korea, I used to say it about indirect liability like this. Suppose that an angry wife stabbed a husband with kitchen knife. Can the family of the husband sue the maker of kitchen knife for damages?
~Richard(Jisu) Kim
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