The Delhi High Court today asked Google whether it was making money out of the government content posted on YouTube. A bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva directed the counsel for Google Inc and Google India to take instructions or file an affidavit answering the above query.<br/><br/>The court was hearing a PIL filed by former BJP leader K N Govindacharya raising questions on social media usage by the government. The petitioner claimed in the court that YouTube generated revenue from contents uploaded by the government, prompting the court to raise the query.<br/><br/>After brief arguments, the court listed the matter for further hearing on March 9. On 27th of the last month the government had filed the content licence agreement entered into with Google Ireland in 2013 with regard to content put up on YouTube.<br/><br/>The government had earlier in an affidavit told the court that its media wing and IT departments were using social media sites like Facebook and Twitter by entering into standard agreements and not any formal or separate deals.
News On AIR | February 9, 2016 8:31 PM
Does YouTube make money from govt content, HC asks Google