Music body joins YouTube battle

A major US industry has joined other businesses in seeking to sue video-sharing website Youtube.

The National Music Publisher's association says some songwriters are not being properly compensated when their music appears on the site. But YouTube says its within the law by immediately taking down clips found to be in breach of copy right.

The legal action has been combined with those several of several other companies including Viacom and Nickelodeon.

'Very Concerned'
Other organizations suing YouTube include the Football Association Premier League, Paramount Pictures and Publishers Comedy Central. Chief executive of the national Musical Publisher's association (NMPA), David Israelite said that the body was very concerned about YouTube's approach to copyright. He added the body was joining the case ' to protect the interests of music publisher's and song writer's, whose creative works are being used without permission or compensation by YouTube'

The combined case will be heard in New York.