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February 6, 2007


YOUTUBE, INC. SENIOR STAFF VISIT JAPAN TO DISCUSS PREVENTIVE
MEASURES AGAINST COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENTS


As previously announced, 23 right owner groups and companies sent a letter to YouTube, Inc. on December 4, 2006 due to the situation where extensive amount of Japanese copyrighted audio-visual works such as television programs have been posted and placed without the permission of right owners and neighboring right owners on the U.S. video-posting website "YouTube." YouTube, Inc. responded on December 15, 2006 showing their views towards preventive measures against copyright infringements and indicated their intention to visit Japan to discuss the matter.

YouTube senior staff* visited Japan and met the delegates of 23 right owner groups and companies in the afternoon of February 6, 2007 at JASRAC. The parties discussed preventive measures against copyright infringements on the YouTube website in line with the items requested by the 23 right owner groups and companies, and the reply by YouTube, Inc. In this meeting, the delegates of 23 right owner groups and companies requested YouTube, Inc. once again to implement concrete measures in order to forestall copyright infringements and YouTube senior staff explained their position. The parties further exchanged their views on the issue.

YouTube, Inc. promised as immediate measures which they can take at this point is to indicate a warning notice in Japanese "not to upload audio-visual contents which are not authorized by the right holders" on the web page where users can see at the time of uploading audio-visual works.

Meanwhile, topics such as registration of user names and such, termination of user accounts of those who illegally uploaded audio-visual works, and issues regarding technical aspects of preventive measures against copyright infringements were also discussed. YouTube senior staff stated that although they had already carried out termination of IDs by the current system, they would assure efforts towards fundamental measures in technical aspects, working together with their owner company Google, Inc.

Furthermore, 23 right owner groups and companies and YouTube, Inc. agreed to discuss preventive measures against copyright infringements continuously. Through the two hour meeting, discussions were held in a gentlemanly and friendly manner.

*YouTube, Inc. delegation
Mr. Chad Hurley (CEO), Mr. Steve Chen (CTO) from YouTube, Inc., and Mr. David Eun (VP, Contents Partnership) from Google, Inc.


Outline of the request letter dated December 4, 2006
1) The "Notice and Takedown" procedures based on the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) do not work well due to the large volume of illegal uploads, and YouTube, Inc. was requested to implement an infringement-eliminative system by employing technological means and efforts.
2) As provisional measures, three specific requests are made.
  Indication of a warning notice in Japanese that copyright infringement is illegal
  Register the names and addresses of users making uploads and to keep such records
  Terminate the user accounts of those who illegally uploaded audio-visual works deleted on and after June 2006 upon our requests and not allow them to make further uploads
(the partially amended version of the release originally distributed at the press conference on February 6, 2007)



Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan, Inc.
Japan Video Software Association (JVA)
The Association of Japanese Animations
Association of All Japan TV Program Production Companies (ATP)
Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK)
The National Association of Commercial Broadcasters in Japan
Nippon Television Network Corporation
Tokyo Broadcasting System, Inc
Fuji Television Network, Inc.
TV Asahi Corporation
TV Tokyo Corporation
Television Kanagawa, Inc.
Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation
Tokai Television Broadcasting Co.Ltd.
Japan Satellite Broadcasting Association
Space Shower Networks inc.
The University of the Air Foundation
Association of Copyright for Computer Software (ACCS)
Center for Performances' Rights Administration (CPRA)
Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ)
Yahoo! JAPAN Corporation
Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC)

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