Monday, February 12, 2007

Youtube attacking my right to free speech now

So very interesting that they chose the America's Most Wanted segment on the Border Agents to attack as "copyright infringement". I plan to fight this with the Fair Use Doctrine but just wanted to give all youtubers a heads up if you hit a nerve, they will come after you.

Oh and by the way.. there are TONS of the SAME SEGMENT from AMW on the Border Agents STILL up on YouTube. So if 20th Century Fox really had a complaint, don't you think they would go after ALL the youtubers who posted this?

I believe it is someone posing as 20th Century Fox and I will get to the bottom of it and expose them. In the mean time - you can see the video by searching in youtube for "America's Most Wanted" - you will find several on the Compean/Ramos segment posted.

You can see the pulled video here

Dear Member:

This is to notify you that we have removed or disabled access to the following material as a result of a third-party notification by Twentieth Century Fox claiming that this material is infringing:

America's Most Wanted Looks at Compean and Ramos Case: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KpNsqHz_Ag

Please Note: Repeat incidents of copyright infringement will result in the deletion of your account and all videos uploaded to that account. In order to avoid future strikes against your account, please delete any videos to which you do not own the rights, and refrain from uploading additional videos that infringe on the copyrights of others. For more information about YouTube's copyright policy, please read the Copyright Tips guide.

If you elect to send us a counter notice, to be effective it must be a written communication provided to our designated agent that includes substantially the following (please consult your legal counsel or see 17 U.S.C. Section 512(g)(3) to confirm these requirements):

  1. A physical or electronic signature of the subscriber.
  2. Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled.
  3. A statement under penalty of perjury that the subscriber has a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled.
  4. The subscriber's name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that the subscriber consents to the jurisdiction of Federal District Court for the judicial district in which the address is located, or if the subscriberis address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which the service provider may be found, and that the subscriber will accept service of process from the person who provided notification under subsection (c)(1)(C) or an agent of such person.

Such written notice should be sent to our designated agent as follows:

DMCA Complaints
YouTube, Inc.
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Email: copyright@youtube.com

Please note that under Section 512(f) of the Copyright Act, any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification may be subject to liability.

Sincerely,
YouTube, Inc.

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