TOKYO (Reuters) -- Google Inc.'s YouTube.com removed 29,549 video files from its popular Web site after receiving a demand from a group of Japanese media companies over copyright infringement, an industry group said Friday.
Source: CNN
If this is a demonstration of how well Google are going to stand up to big business, I think we can all see where YouTube is going. This is dangerous for Google, I think Google bought YouTube for access to its audience. Now if Google alienate that audience, with this sort of crap, and they move elsewhere, how does Google's investment look then?