Thursday, June 30, 2005

Google Video: Copyright Violation?

It seems that some people uploaded DVD rips and other illegal ripped copyrighted movies/tv-shows to Google Video. And whats even worse... Google published them! Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, Family Guy, Daily Show, Matrix Reloaded, Matrix Revolution, Phantom of the Opera, Scarface, and many more can be found.

It turned out that everyone in U.S. can play them (Google Video Player required) in fullscreen (double-click on video) from start to the end (click on play whole video). Natually, the quality of the videos are poor, especially in fullscreen. But still good enough to be viewed by everyone without paying for it.

Google will have to react fast and soon before it get widespread and cause damage to Google's reputation.

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