UMG claims rights to a song and hijacks the artist's YouTube revenue

Re:UMG claims rights to a song and hijacks the artist's YouT... by dragonwriter on Tuesday March 17, 2015 @12:14PM (#9218960)

> Pretty egregious, and something which one would hope you could sue Google for.

From the facts described, UMG is fraudulently interfering with Google's relationship with a legitimate business partner in order to commit criminal copyright infringement.

Certainly, someone should be prosecuted -- by the DOJ, not just the victim -- but I don't see why Google should be the primary target (if anything, Google should be among the plaintiffs in the civil action.)

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Re:UMG claims rights to a song and hijacks the artist's YouT... by ChuckMcM on Tuesday March 17, 2015 @05:35PM (#9221695)

That would be an interesting construction. From an engagement perspective it is probably easier to get a lawyer on spec based on class action status but if the DoJ could be brought in it would certainly give us something that the courts might be able to use to clarify automated takedown as it relates to the DMCA.

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