Dec 22, 2020 16:00:00

YouTube, which was filed a class action proceeding by a famous composer, argued that 'I found evidence that more than 2000 copyright infringement claims were self-made.'

In July 2020,

Grammy- winning composer Maria Schneider , jointly named with the rights management group Pirate Monitor, said in the Federal District Court that 'YouTube is not trying to remove infringing content.' Filed a class action in. In response, YouTube stated that 'the copyright infringement that Pirate Monitor is suing is self-made,' and has appealed to the court to dismiss the class action.

YouTube Class Action: Same IP Address Used to Upload'Pirate' Movies & File DMCA Notices * TorrentFreak
https://torrentfreak.com/youtube-class-action-same-ip-address-used-to-upload-pirate-movies-file-dmca-notices-201221/

State Bar No --3-20-cv-04423-Schneider-v-YouTube-opposition-to-motion-to-dismiss-counterclaims-201218.pdf
(PDF file) https://torrentfreak.com/images/3-20-cv-04423-Schneider-v-YouTube-opposition-to-motion-to-dismiss-counterclaims-201218.pdf

Schneider and Pirate Monitor filed a class action proceeding against YouTube on July 2, 2020 for copyright infringement. Schneider and Pirate Monitor said, 'YouTube fosters a hotbed of piracy by developing and implementing a copyright law enforcement system that protects only the most powerful copyright owners, such as major studios and record companies. 'YouTube isn't about piracy, it's about increasing user numbers and advertising revenue.'

Schneider et al v. YouTube, LLC et al, 5: 20-cv-04423, No. 1 (NDCal. Jul. 2, 2020)
(PDF file) https://www.docketalarm.com/cases/California_Northern_District_Court/5--20-cv-04423/Schneider_et_al_v._YouTube_LLC_et_al/

In addition, Schneider appealed to the court that 'many of his songs were uploaded to YouTube without permission.' Pirate Monitor also said that pirated versions of its own copyrighted content had been uploaded to YouTube, and that access to YouTube's rights management system ' Content ID ' was also denied, claiming damages. I am billing.

YouTube filed a motion to dismiss the class action, but Pirate Monitor argued that 'YouTube does not provide any solid evidence to support the dismissal.'

However, YouTube said, 'Pirate Monitor uploaded 2000 movies to YouTube that did not infringe anyone's copyright through an agent using a pseudonym, and immediately after that, applied the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). He requested that the uploaded movie be deleted, 'he said, and there is evidence to support this.

According to YouTube, the uploaded movie is a short movie of about 30 seconds made from what seems to be a Hungarian movie, and it was uploaded in large numbers from users with IP addresses assigned to Pakistan. We also found that a DMCA-based deletion request was sent shortly after the movie was uploaded, claiming it 'infringed Pirate Monitor's rights.'

Not only was the deletion request sent immediately after the upload, but YouTube saw that a large number of Hungarian movie chopped movies were uploaded to YouTube from a Pakistani account. Research.

As a result, it was found that 'a user who repeatedly uploaded via the IP address assigned to Pakistan' logged in to the same account from 'a computer connected to the Internet via the IP address assigned to Hungary'. .. It seems that the IP address assigned to Hungary was actually exactly the same as the one that sent the deletion notification to YouTube.

As evidence of this IP address match, YouTube said, 'Pirate Monitor was suing for a case of fraudulent copyright infringement between August and November 2019,' and the class action was also dismissed. Insists that it should be.