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Google worried YouTube's legal risk will see it 'over-block' content under EU copyright revamp

( March 4, 2019, 11:01 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: ​Google is concerned about how rights holders should cooperate to identify their content under the EU's planned copyright revamp, according to its global affairs vice president, Kent Walker. The company is afraid that its YouTube platform, for example, will end up "over-blocking" content to limit legal risk. The European Parliament as a whole is yet to give its support for the new rules. A plenary vote is scheduled for later this month.Statement follows....

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