REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Acquire Licensing RightsMADRID, 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.
Google Spain blocked Jota's YouTube channel "Último Bastión" (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".
Garcia and the union would not comment on the reasons for advertising revenue to his channel being cut.
Google says that content creators are not employees and that in this particular case Jota's channel did not comply with YouTube monetisation policies.
Persons:
Dado Ruvic, UGT, Bernardo Garcia, Garcia, Eduardo Magaldi, Emma Pinedo, Aislinn Laing, Mark Heinrich Our
Organizations:
REUTERS, Rights, Google, Alphabet Inc, YouTube, Reuters, Thomson
Locations:
Rights MADRID, Google Spain, Jota, Madrid, Spain, Europe