EU court says embedded YouTube videos don't require copyright clearance
( October 29, 2014, 09:27 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Website owners are allowed to embed a video from a platform such as YouTube without getting approval from the right holder, the EU Court of Justice has concluded. The order arose from a dispute brought by water-filter company BestWater, which claimed that a marketing agent had unlawfully used on its own website a BestWater video posted on YouTube without receiving permission from BestWater. The court has now declared that this was permissible.The full statement follows (in French):...
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