YouTube sued by English Premier League and Bourne Co.

YouTube sued by English Premier League and Bourne Co.

Google’s YouTube continues to face more legal hassles as they have now been sued by the Football Association Premier League Ltd and music publisher Bourne Co.

These are the second such major lawsuits being faced by YouTube which has already been sued by Viacom for a massive USD 1 billion.

The latest lawsuit claims that the online video sharing service deliberately encourages massive copyright infringement on its Web site to generate public attention and boost traffic.

The lawsuit claims: “Defendants, which own and operate the Web site YouTube.com, have knowingly misappropriated and exploited this valuable property for their own gain without payment or license to the owners of the intellectual property.”

The lawyers added that the tools provided by the company to check for copyright infringement are problematic and the company needs to do more to prevent copyright infringement. The EPL representative added: “Its account has on some occasions been blocked or closed. In the meantime, the Premier League has been forced to send time-consuming and ineffectual notices of infringement to YouTube.”