YouTube Takedown Again Being Used To Try To Block Newsworthy Content
from the but-why? dept
Apparently, there's a big hubbub up in Canada over an embarrassing act involving Prime Minister Stephen Harper pocketing a communion wafer during a Catholic funeral. The video of the episode is getting a lot of attention... but now one of the main copies of the video has been taken down due to a YouTube copyright claim. Still, what's really odd is that the video was done by CPAC, but the takedown notice is from Radio Canada. As Michael Gesit points out, it's difficult to see what the copyright claim is, as the clip itself can be considered newsworthy and "fair dealing" (Canada uses "fair dealing" rules rather than "fair use") for others to show it.
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But about the takedown ... stupid
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Or maybe he actually is and 100% believes in the whole transformation dogma and isn't...you know...a cannibal...
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its a trick using this very hysteria we are seeing now, to make you think your ARE a real christian.
your not a christian and you dont believe any of that crap. What do you do? Eat it, and if your wrong, burn in hell for all eternity? Or you could NOT eat it and get black balled by your lil community?
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I always found it odd that religious people would threaten atheists with hell when they clearly didn't believe in it. That's like saying that if you offend me then my pet dragon is going to eat you for lunch.
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Still, for a Christian (and especially for Catholics), wandering of with a host is a major grievance.
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Newsworthy?!
What? The guy chose not to eat a friggin' wafer. Who cares? How is that even remotely newsworthy? The fact that the clip received a DMCA takedown might be newsworthy if the clip really qualifies as fair dealing - I'm not so sura about that - but the clip itself would not otherwise be even remotely newsworthy.
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-the act, if true, is offensive to a large population (catholics/Christians)
-the PM's Office said he didn't pocket it, he ate it, thereby avoiding embarrassment and resentment.
-the video shows the PM's Office to be lying, thereby making everything much worse than it ever would have been before.
And now the Steisand Effect is getting it more exposure than it ever should have had.
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That's only half of it...
Now, the issue about the copyright claim being made by Radio-Canada rather than CPAC is an interesting one. This is purely conjecture on my part but I'm wondering if the *version* of the clip that was taken down might have come from Radio-Canada. The difference between that clip and the one linked above is that the now-missing clip showed the PM pocketing the wafer in slow motion with his hand circled and highlighted. Still, it seems like a clear case of fair-dealing to me. Nevertheless, Radio-Canada is part of the CBC which has been at odds with the current government which in turn controls most of CBC's funding as a public broadcaster. Food for thought.
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Better than the Australians that use the "fair dinkum" rules.
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Actually, if he is not Catholic (or belonging to another church that practices Sacrament of the Eucharist) and had taken it would have been more offensive to Catholics who know something about their religion, as you are not meant to partake until you have either had your First Communion or RCIA
The correct thing to do if in a RC church during mass (and not eligible) is to just remain seated during reception of the sacrament
*always knew all those hours of arguing with my religious studies teacher would come in handy one day*
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Here we go again.....
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Canada has most expensive telecom in the world and the worst service.
ie: rogers changes prices + packages randomly, bell (try to get what you want, or change anything like a misspelt name)
AGT telus censors workers..
and it isn't safe yet. it's spam and hacker ridden, but sanitized for news.
harper's communion wafer thing has already been pulled from youtube.
remember what happened with the last dereg at bell... all the cheap toys and new services?
they're being blocked by both the crtc and industry.
get ready for the ten cent tweet, e-mail, etc...
and rubble.
pat
http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20080616
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