Google offers legal support to some YouTube users in copyright battles

The tech company pledges to cover legal costs for handful of videos that it claims represent clear fair use despite being issued DMCA takedown notices

Google is stepping up its defense of YouTube users who find themselves on the wrong side of a copyright claim, the tech company said on Thursday.

After a series of skirmishes with established media and others the company said it was "offering legal support to a handful of videos that we believe represent clear fair uses which have been subject to DMCA [Digital Millennium Copyright Act] takedowns".