Blocking of YouTube videos in Germany
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Blocking of YouTube videos in Germany
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The blocking of YouTube videos in Germany was part of a former dispute between the video sharing platform YouTube and the Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte, a performance rights organization in Germany. According to a German court in Hamburg, Google's subsidiary YouTube could be held liable for damages when it hosts copyrighted videos without the copyright holder's permission. As a result, music videos for major label artists on YouTube, as well a
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Censorship in Germany of YouTube videos containing copyrighted music
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blocking_of_YouTube_videos_in_Germany
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2024-01-15T21:26:31Z
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