TechCrunched By YouTube

MIchael Arrington of TechCrunch.com probably did not even finish his morning coffee before rifling through papers on his desk and discovering a cease and desist letter from YouTube.

TechCrunch of "tortious interference of a business relationship, and in fact, many business relationships," of committing an "unfair business practice," and "false advertising." The attorney goes on to demand that we cease and desist in from engaging in these various actions or face legal remedies," as well. Violations of the Terms of Use include the addition of a small tool on TechCrunch's site that enabled users to download YouTube onto their hard drives. Arrington claims the company reviewed YouTube's terms of use before creating the tool and did not find that they had violated them. YouTube's Del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit | Furl Autmn Davis is a staff writer for Murdok covering ebusiness and technology.