By Tony Connelly

YouTube has pledged its support to film-makers accused of copyright infringement on its site, promising that it will go to court to defend those who it believes have been wrongly accused.

The move has been designed to combat abuse of the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) which allows for putative copyright holders to demand a site take down user generated content or face expensive lawsuits.

YouTube will offer legal support to creators which its parent company, Google, believes represents “clear fair uses” in the hope that it will prevent overreaching take-down notices for works which the copyright holder has Read full story ›

Source: The Drum