We all know by now how the Pirate Bay trial turned out whether the result was to our liking or not. However, few of us got extra-concerned about how this trial could actually affect other big names in the digital world such as Google (or one of its babies – YouTube) and consequently affect us beyond the boundaries of a shut down BitTorrent tracker.
All interested also know that the founders of the Pirate Bay were not actually found guilty of copyright infringement but of assisting in copyright infringement as the site itself did not host any copyrighted content but only linked to such files.
Another aspect, however, is now coming into view – according to lawyer Simon Levine (a practice leader in the IP and technology group at law firm DLA Piper) the court’s decision in the Pirate Bay case may drag some other companies in the same legal issues. The implications this newly created precedent could be huge - the likes of YouTube and Google may be affected, since they as well facilitate access to copyrighted content. The waters have been now stirred and there high expectancy surrounding the future outcome of trials in the United States regarding YouTube's legitimacy in offering copyright material for free to the general audience.
Source: P2Pon
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