EMI sues VideoEgg, Hi5 and others for copyright infringement

EMI sues VideoEgg, Hi5 and others for copyright infringement

EMI is targeting video sharing services like Hi5 and VideoEgg for copyright infringement.

The company claims that users of these services have uploaded media content which is owned by them.

The lawsuit includes 10 other unnamed defendants.

Market sources tell that EMI was in talks with these companies on a possible revenue sharing agreement but it failed.

Looks like smaller video sharing services are going to find it hard to compete against YouTube if they are going to be targeted for user actions on their services.