The publishers and lawyers were authorized by Copyright law.

Forty years back due to printing presses or Xerox

machines violation, the Copyright Act was passed but nowadays it is a daily activity for many people. In today’s world,
Copyright law is related to those who have an internet connection and a ‘’share’’ button. As Lawrence Lessig says that
possibly we are raising an entire generation to think that they are criminals.

The Copyright law is complex because the technological advances tend to worsen the confusions which already exist in
the law as new policies struggle to continue with developing technology and practices. Many content creators and
consumers expect that misunderstandings, misconceptions, and confusion about the law are normal.

Some people describe YouTube as “the future of movie marketing’’ and the other says “illegal free-for-all’’. YouTube
provides ad revenue to Google, generated by its thousands of users but has also faced many challenges from different
media companies like Time warner, Fox, Viacom and the RIAA. It is simple, when a person visits youtube.com he/she can
view any video uploaded by users as well as can also comment for free.

According to the estimation of Academics and media executives, 30-70% YouTube content is illegal as it contain
unauthorized material like sound recordings, TV and movie clips. As it responds with lawsuits and the demand of
thousands of people to remove videos, it is considered as the clearing house for copyright infringement by many content
owners. The rights reserves by section 106 of the Copyright Act include the right to reproduce, the right to prepare
derivative works, the right to distribute, the right to publicly perform and the right to publicly display. By uploading
unauthorized, copyrighted content on the YouTube servers the users violate the Section 106(1) right to reproduce. It
happens because the copy of each work is created, when YouTube converts the uploaded file. Section 106(4) right to
perform is also being violated, each time when the user accessed the uploaded file. In Viacom’s 2007 complaint, Viacom
argued that section 106(5) right to display is also violated search results received by the users would include small
thumbnail pictures of the first frame of the video.

In spite of the transformative, non-commercial nature of the content, the legal fair use of YouTube users has not
discussed. On the demand of copyright owners, YouTube has removed thousands of videos in order to comply with the
Digital Millennium Copyright Act safe harbour requirements. To authorize the use of select content and funnel ad
revenue to the content owners, it has also struck licensing deals with CBS and Universal Music Group. In addition, a
filtering feature called “Claim your Content” is announced by YouTube which will automatically identify copyright
material so that it can be removed.