Teen Fakes Out Google With DMCA Notices On A Show Producers Were Happy To Have On YouTube
from the follow-the-bouncing-DMCA-takedown dept
With all the stories about TV execs trying to get their content off of YouTube, here's one that's a bit... different. Apparently, the makers of a TV show in Australia were perfectly happy with the free promotion they were getting from fans putting clips on YouTube. However, a teenager decided to take the matter into his own hands and sent a bogus DMCA takedown notice to Google -- who proceeded to pull the clips and warn those who uploaded them. This raises all sorts of issues. Filing a bogus DMCA takedown notice on content you don't own is against the law -- though, it seems unlikely anyone is going to go after this kid. Still, it does raise questions about the process by which Google follows through on a takedown notice -- and makes you wonder if anyone could just force them to take down just about any video. While some networks are recognizing that letting fans promote their shows for them helps build up a larger audience for the actual TV programming (and its ads), at some point you have to wonder if the networks that are too confused to figure this out will simply try to "help out" the other networks and pull their content for them -- especially if leaving it up on YouTube shows that their own strategy is backfiring.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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"This email is to inform you that your video(s) belonging to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, have been reinstated. Australian Broadcasting Corporation has informed us that the individual submitting the copyright infringement notification was not authorized to act on their behalf. If your account was terminated as a result of this action, it has now been reinstated and the incident will not count against your account's standings."
Good on them for admitting their mistake, and being able to easily fix it.
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Re: Haha, this happened to me
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Why not?
Maybe it would get enough attention as to how stupid the procedure is, and the fact that nobody has been prosecuted for false DMCA takedowns yet - person or corporation.
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re: Why not?
"Please don't break this bogus DMCA chain. Lonelygurl15 broke it and within five minutes, the world realized her YouTube show was a fake, and now she's no one."
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Re: Regarding Teen Fakes
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Learning from Past Voids
Perhaps now they will send verification requests to offended parties.
Hiopefully, that teen now realizes that his behavior is wrong and should at least want to make a public apology without being forced.
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Re: Learning from Past Voids
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Re: Learning from Past Voids
Apparently those that actually read are at an advantage.
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Afterwards, just claim is was remarkably similar to.... whatever.
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Haha!
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Two Words.......
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I think Google should sue Viacom
If they sued a few people, then I think that the fake or poorly identified takedowns would dry up. After all, if you are going to have to pay for a takedown notice that wasn't legit, then you will think twice about it.
In the case of Viacom, maybe they will actually make sure that the content is their own first.
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Regarding Teen Fakes by Chad Hurley
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Google
my reasoning is this.
IF it had not been a fake, and Google began to question it, (in todays world) the filer would probally try to open lawsuit with google for delaying.
its better to take them down, realize its a fake, and reinstate. then to dely by investigation, get suied, then take down.
just my reasoning.
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