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Schmidt: Google Readying YouTube Filtering Service

You could argue that GoogTube doesn't really have to do this. But Google CEO Eric Schmidt, who's everywhere in the press this week on Google damage control, says the company is close to implementing a filtering service that would prevent copyrighted content from being uploaded to video sharing site YouTube.

Schmidt pointedly made these comments at the National Associated of Broadcasters conference, during an interview with John Seigenthaler, a former "NBC Nightly News" reporter. Called Claim Your Content, the new service automatically identifies copyrighted material media companies can choose to remove.

"We are very close to turning this on," Schmidt said. The filtering system was supposed to launch late last year; the delays angered media companies to the point where Viacom last month launched a $1 billion lawsuit against Google.

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