Via TechTree.com -
Thailand is reportedly planning on suing Google's YouTube over video clips deemed insulting to the country's most revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej (79), the world's longest-reigning monarch. Thailand's army-backed government is considering suing YouTube over charges of 'lese majeste' or insulting the monarchy, a spokesperson for the Thai Information Ministry said.
In Thailand, insulting royalty is considered a 'serious crime,' and offenders are liable to punishment of up to 15 years of imprisonment. It was last month that an offensive clip showing a pair of feet next to a photograph of the Thai King first appeared on YouTube. Despite strong protests from the Thai government, more such videos continued to appear on YouTube, including one wherein pictures of the monarch had been morphed to make him resemble a monkey.
The Thai government has since continued to block the Google-owned online video-sharing Web site.
And not that this is the first of YouTube's legal woes...
Particularly of late, lawsuits have started to mount against the Web site. What with recent reports of English football's Premier League having sued the Web site for alleged copyright infringement.
Not to mention the 'fresh' addition of NBC Universal to media conglomerate Viacom's long pending copyright lawsuit against YouTube...
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The English football's Premier League called YouTube and Google an IP Protection Racket.
Bhumibol Adulyadej is the world's longest-serving current head of state and the longest-serving monarch in Thai history.
He was born in the United States (Cambridge, Mass.), educated primarily in Switzerland and is currently one of the wealthiest men in the world.
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