User-Generated Content Services and Copyright Issues

Cannes, France-- Could you be arrested for uploading my film or clip on the internet? India Eu Film Initiative (www.iefilmi.com) brings you a fascinationg debate on the content that you as an ordinary user of the net generate.

Down on the Riviera, they’re talking Youtube, DailyMotion and MySpace. The Cannes Film Festival is in full swing and one of the buzz topics on the Croisette this year is the issue of copyright with regards to User Generated Content (UGC) services and the millions of short films or music clips they host. Clearly, the vast number of works uploaded daily without any regard for copyright is of ongoing concern to the film, music and television industries.

Keeping its finger firmly on the pulse of such issues, the Strasbourg-based European Audiovisual Observatory has just released a brand new report entitled: User-Generated Content Services and Copyright.