Youtube isn't safe from the lawsuit yet

As I post earlier about the Youtube case and how Youtube is probably going to be more confident but not exactly safe yet, this is pretty much a confirmation of that, with some more reasons, and details.
Like I said before, Veoh complies with the DMCA and removes videos upon request. This is probably the biggets distinction between Veoh and Youtube.
The copyright infringement lawsuit that was filed by Io Group against Veoh, was filed BEFORE Io Group asked Veoh to take down the video (I'm not sure if they did at all...). That's basically the biggest reason why the copyright lawsuit didn't go through. Veoh is clear about taking down videos that are infringing on copyright, and they do complies with their policies. All the companies have to do, is just ask them to take it down (basically alerting them about the problem). Now Io Group it seems decided to start filing their infringement lawsuit before telling Veoh anything. Obviously, Veoh's not in the wrong.

With Youtube's copyright case, Viacom had actually told Youtube about 100,000 times to take down the videos before suing them. The thing is, Youtube had been responding if only slightly. What we should note here is that the veoh victory was probably benefitial to youtube but they're not fully off the hook. If Viacom can prove that Youtube's business is based on piracy as was done in the Napster and Grokster cases. I think, really, the win in the copyright infringement case just puts in stone what online video sharing services should be doing and what they can't do. As long as Youtube continues to follow their current policies (or even adds better rules). Plus, Youtube is going to start using some more antipiracy technologies in September, which I can think will prove that youtube is taking measures to stop piracy and this will likely be a stump to Viacom's lawsuit.

PS: As I was writing this post, somebody told me youtube might close in september. Now that's just foolish (no offense). First, google buys it for $1.65 billion and now they wanna clsoe it down? I don't think so. Second, if thye were gonna close it, why plan to use new antipiracy technologies? If you have any information about this rumor, give a comment.

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