YouTube, the second most visited website in the world (after
only its parent, Google), is currently facing a lawsuit regarding
the company's copyright protection program. The action was
commenced by Maria Schneider, a musician and advocate for
musicians' rights and copyright, and Pirate Monitor Ltd., an
anti-pirating (software, not boats) organization. They brought a
class action against the video giant last year on behalf of a
proposed class of small copyright owners, alleging that
YouTube's copyright systems prioritizes enforcing the rights of
large companies while allowing smaller content creators'
content to be infringed.
On the 13th December 2021, YouTube brought a motion to dismiss
to the San Francisco federal court, alleging the plaintiffs are
"hiding the ball," repeatedly changing their claims,
prejudicing the defendant's ability to defend. Allegedly, the
plaintiffs did not identify all the works they are suing over,
adding new copyright to the case
