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MADRID, Nov 23 (Reuters) - A Spanish YouTuber is suing Google Spain, a unit of Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O), for wrongful dismissal in a case that could set a precedent for content creators' labour rights, Spanish union UGT said on Thursday...
The lawsuit seeks to demonstrate an employment relationship between Jota, a creator of political satire content whose real name has not been disclosed, and Alphabet's YouTube because he regularly provided his services and received remuneration derived from advertising revenue, UGT said.. Google Spain blocked Jota's YouTube channel "ltimo Bastin" (Last Stronghold) from earning advertising revenue in August..
He said they had called on the court to classify Jota and YouTube's a labour relationship and his effective dismissal as "wrongful"...
Google says that content creators are not employees and that in this particular case Jota's channel did not comply with YouTube monetisation policies...
However, contrary to what is claimed, they are not employees of YouTube according to the nature of the relationship," Google Spain said in a emailed statement...
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