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Google inks Japan copyright pact for YouTube


March 28, 2008 Google and one of Japan's largest copyright organizations are working together to enable YouTube users to upload video clips of themselves performing their own versions of Japanese hit songs. In a country where karaoke has long been popular, the agreement breaks new ground for YouTube owner Google, which has been in dispute with Japanese rights holders for several years over the uploading of music and video clips. Japan Rights Clearance Inc. said Thursday that the local arm of Google will pay an undisclosed royalty for one year for permission for wanna-be pop stars to perform any of the 5,000 songs to which it holds the rights, JRC spokeswoman Miki Imai said.

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