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Article: YouTube's legal issues grow.(content news)
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- November 1, 2007
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Copyright lawsuits have become commonplace for YouTube. People post videos without the right to do so, leaving YouTube to clean up the mess before the video-sharing site finds itself embroiled in yet another, much larger, legal mess. Some, like Brian Banner, a Washington, D.C., attorney who specializes in copyright law, believe that YouTube may be a bit lax up front. He says: "Service providers like YouTube don't want to exercise any control. They just want to provide a service without verifying what the content is." Lately, though, YouTube has found itself facing a whole new slew of legal issues beyond copyright, which may force the site to take control over its content.