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YouTube Sends Founders to Japan
posted on by Jonathan Mays
Executives will meet with JASRAC to discuss copyright concerns
YouTube executives will send a delegation to Japan as part of a response to a letter this month from the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC) that expressed "serious concern" over the site's hosting copyrighted video clips.
YouTube previously removed more than 30,000 clips from its site after receiving a demand in October from the group and 22 other firms including public broadcaster Yahoo! Japan.
"Lance Heiskell tells ANN.