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European Copyright Societies Call on YouTube, MySpace to License Works

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 2, 2007 - 10:48am.

Paris - Two European copyright societies sent letters to Google's YouTube and News Corp.'s MySpace this week, asking them to come forward "to discuss the conclusion of license agreements with copyright societies and back payment of royalties for the past unauthorized use of copyright works created by millions of composers, songwriters, and publishers from around the world."