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February 04 2010

raistlin
13:48
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The Italian government has already gone after Google in a highly public fashion, suing several top executives over a YouTube video that showed classmates abusing a student with Down's Syndrome. In that case, the argument was that Google had a duty to screen such material and keep it from appearing on the site—a claim that Google and others have always said would make user-generated content sites almost impossible to run.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the Italian government now plans to take this principle much further. Sites that allow video uploads would be responsible both for copyrighted content posted by users and for libelous material in uploaded videos. Such sites would also need government licenses to operate, potentially giving the government more power over their operations.

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— Italy preparing to hold YouTube, others liable for uploads
Tags: idiotic laws