Executives of YouTube.com are to meet a group of Japanese media firms that complained to the video sharing Internet site over copyright infringement, the Japanese organization said.

YouTube is to send a delegation to Japan in response to a letter from the Tokyo-based Japan Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC) complaining that it allowed users to post and view copyrighted TV shows, movie clips and music videos, the group said in a statement late on Tuesday.

In the reply, signed by YouTube Chief Executive Chad Hurley and Chief Technical Officer Steve Chen, YouTube acknowledged that it needed to post a notice in Japanese on its Web site telling users not to upload copyrighted content.

YouTube to meet Japan media on copyright protest [today.reuters.co.uk]