YouTube executives will meet with Japanese media firms that complained to the video-sharing site about copyright infringement, according to a Japanese organization.
YouTube is to send a delegation to Japan in response to a letter from the Tokyo-based Japan Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers, or JASRAC, complaining that the site allowed users to post and view copyright TV shows, movie clips and music videos, the group said in a statement late Tuesday.
In its reply, signed by YouTube Chief Executive Chad Hurley and Chief Technical Officer Steve Chen, YouTube acknowledged that it needed to post a notice in Japanese on its site telling users not to upload copyright content.
YouTube, which is owned by Google, removed about 30,000 video files from its Web site after receiving a demand in October from the Japanese media group and 22 other firms including public broadcaster NHK, major film studios, and Web rivals such as Yahoo Japan.
The files had been posted without the permission of copyright holders, the group said.
The date of the meeting between YouTube executives and the Japanese group has yet to be decided.
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