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New Video-Saving Feature Raises New Rights Issues

STEVE INSKEEP, Host:

NPR's business news starts with new technology for downloading video.

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INSKEEP: The success of YouTube continues to attract new partnerships, and that's where we begin on this Monday as we focus on technology. Later this month, Apple TV users will be able to access YouTube through a streaming set top box. And Real Networks has also announced the next version of its media player. There's a feature that could bring legal issues for YouTube and its parent company, Google. NPR's Laura Sydell reports.

LAURA SYDELL: Jason Schultz, an attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, says the other issue is that YouTube's service agreement prohibits users from downloading video.

JASON SCHULTZ: So this does raise a question of whether YouTube will claim that Real is helping people violate its terms of service.

SYDELL: Laura Sydell, NPR News, San Francisco. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.

Laura Sydell
Laura Sydell fell in love with the intimate storytelling qualities of radio, which combined her passion for theatre and writing with her addiction to news. Over her career she has covered politics, arts, media, religion, and entrepreneurship. Currently Sydell is the Digital Culture Correspondent for NPR's All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Weekend Edition, and NPR.org.