The League of Producers of Phonograms France (SPPF) has been dismissed, Thursday, April 28, the complaint against YouTube by the Tribunal de Grande Instance (TGI) of Paris. Founded in 1986, the SPPF, which represents the interests of independent producers, was attacked in May 2009, the platform of videos from Google for infringement of copyright.
The agency alleges that YouTube does not have prevented the delivery of certain online videos infringing copyright. The SPPF asking 11 million euros in compensation. In May 2008, the Civil Society of Producers of Phonograms had sent a letter to YouTube requesting that 233 videos as part of his repertoire are withdrawn.
"It is not disputed that the company YouTube showed readiness to withdraw from its site files and denounced," the court (Google Doc). NON-USE OF A SYSTEM FOR TRACING But the SPPF was observed between February 19 and March 11, 2009, that "123 of the 233 music videos continued to be visible on the site.
These 123 files in question "resulted in 49,824,777 viewings, since their uploaded unauthorized," the document of the TGI of Paris. To justify its decision, the Court essentially adopted the arguments of YouTube, which has proposed, unsuccessfully, to make available to the SPPF solution tracing of such content.
TGI's paper recalls that "the SPPF was offered [a] free technology [to identify content] since September 2008 and it failed to respond to this proposal." The technique called "content identification and content identification" can not only detect the reposting of the same file but also any other record, showing a completely or partially implemented.
In this case, the SPPF was also ordered to pay the sum of YouTube € 30 000 to cover court costs. 
The agency alleges that YouTube does not have prevented the delivery of certain online videos infringing copyright. The SPPF asking 11 million euros in compensation. In May 2008, the Civil Society of Producers of Phonograms had sent a letter to YouTube requesting that 233 videos as part of his repertoire are withdrawn.
"It is not disputed that the company YouTube showed readiness to withdraw from its site files and denounced," the court (Google Doc). NON-USE OF A SYSTEM FOR TRACING But the SPPF was observed between February 19 and March 11, 2009, that "123 of the 233 music videos continued to be visible on the site.
These 123 files in question "resulted in 49,824,777 viewings, since their uploaded unauthorized," the document of the TGI of Paris. To justify its decision, the Court essentially adopted the arguments of YouTube, which has proposed, unsuccessfully, to make available to the SPPF solution tracing of such content.
TGI's paper recalls that "the SPPF was offered [a] free technology [to identify content] since September 2008 and it failed to respond to this proposal." The technique called "content identification and content identification" can not only detect the reposting of the same file but also any other record, showing a completely or partially implemented.
In this case, the SPPF was also ordered to pay the sum of YouTube € 30 000 to cover court costs.
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