News: The English Premier (soccer) League’s class action suit with Bourne Publisher against YouTube for alleged copyright infringement is heating up. Here are several more companies that have joined the suit against YouTube (as reported here):
1. The Rugby Football League
2. The Finnish Football League
3. National Music Publishers’ Association
4. boxing promoters Knockout Entertainment Limited (Secondsout.com) and Seminole Warriors Boxing
5. France’s top football league and its national tennis organisation (the Federation Francaise de Tennis and Ligue de Football Professionnel)
A YouTube spokesperson said: “We are disappointed with this lawsuit, as we have great partnerships with the Premier League’s own Chelsea FC, as well as major football clubs such as Barcelona FC, AC Milan, Real Madrid or Bayern Munich, who understand the benefit of using YouTube as another way to communicate with their fans.”
