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February 2, 2007 4:37 PM PST

Tech Politics Podcast: Clock is ticking on video-sharing sites

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Are new complaints about the cavalier treatment of copyright infringement by video-sharing sites a harbinger of congressional action?

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Right now, YouTube and similar video-sharing sites are basically immune from copyright law if they respond promptly to complaints. But the sheer volume of uploads makes it nearly impossible for copyright owners to police what YouTube users are doing and track down all infringements.

Join CNET News.com's Charles Cooper and Declan McCullagh as they take up the question of whether this will prompt Hollywood to ask Congress to change the law. It happened with the Induce Act a few years ago, and it could happen again.

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