Posts Tagged ‘youtube’

When content is removed from the Internet following a DMCA complaint filed by a rightsholder the user who uploaded the content gets a chance to file a counter-claim. If successful this should reinstate the content but on YouTube things now appear to be working somewhat differently. It transpires that YouTube has a special deal with Universal which sees content taken down at the record label's ... Full story

A takedown of a YouTube video that has been held as a model of fair use prompted widespread outrage last week. The video, Buffy vs Edward, was eventually reinstated and the claims dropped, but that's not the end of the discussion. The process used, like most ‘x strike’ copyright programs, relies on good faith from the claimant, but what happens when there is none?Source: ... Full story

Last month Google issued warnings to the owners of websites and software which allow users to copy YouTube videos. Now, the developer of RipTunes has discovered that this anti-copying policy has now been carried over to many of the large downloading portals including Download.com and Softpedia. Shockingly, however, Brothersoft is still willing to host the software, but only when the developer pays up.Source: Download ... Full story

Earlier this week news broke that rapper Lord Finesse is suing his colleague Mac Miller for "stealing" one of his beats. This prompted UK rapper Dan Bull to respond with a parody track, calling out Lord Finesse on his hypocritical stance. However, Finesse's lawyers didn't appreciate the criticism and managed to pull Bull's clip off YouTube, essentially abusing copyright as a censorship tool. However, ... Full story

Last month YouTube-MP3, one of the web's largest YouTube conversion sites, was hit with legal threats from Google. Shut down in seven days, its lawyers ordered, or face legal repercussions. Now, after commissioning the legal opinions of two prominent German lawyers, the site's owner is fighting back, and not without support. A Change.org petition which asks Google to allow conversion tools has already accumulated ... Full story

According to a letter seen by TorrentFreak, Google are threatening action against one of the web's largest YouTube conversion sites. The site, which according to Google's own stats is pulling in 1.3 million visitors every day, extracts MP3 audio from YouTube videos and makes it available for users to download. Google's lawyers say this must stop, and have given the site seven days to comply.Source: ... Full story

It's possibly one of the most popular ever memes in the history of the Internet but today it lies in tatters. The Rickroll phenomenon, whereby people are promised one thing but given "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley instead, has been ended by a copyright takedown request by AVG Technologies. It's a brave move - Rickrolling was invented by 4chan and who knows ... Full story

A court in Germany has ruled that YouTube is responsible when its users post videos containing copyright music. On top of its existing ContentID systems, the court in Hamburg now wants YouTube to install additional keyword-based filters that detect when copyrighted material is uploaded.Source: YouTube Liable For Copyright Infringements, Court Rules Full story

Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign Committee, Inc. v. Does, 12-00240 (N.D. Cal. January 25, 2012) (Hat tip to Venkat for posting a link to this decision.) Ron Paul’s campaign — Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign Committee, Inc. — sued some John Doe defendants in federal court over an offensive video attacking former (but then current) Full story

Kashmir Hill pointed out that at least one erstwhile file sharing service has changed its business model in response to the federal government’s action against Megaupload. She observes that: FileSonic users can’t be too happy to have one of the main features of the site taken away. But the company must be less worried about Full story