YouTube faces $799m lawsuit in Italy
Mediaset, the media empire founded by Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, is seeking at least €500 million (US$779 million) in damages against Google’s YouTube service for allegedly misusing video produced by Mediaset, an Associated Press report said.
In a lawsuit filed with Rome civil court, Mediaset said it had identified on YouTube at least 4,643 video clips of Mediaset-owned material that was available on June 10 alone after being posted “without obtaining rights,” the report added…more