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YouTube goes on the defensive, explains how UMG made Megaupload's video disappear

article published on 19 December, 2011

Just over a week ago a video created by file locker provider Megaupload was taken down from YouTube at the request of Universal Music (UMG). In the aftermath of that incident, YouTube finds itself answering questions about how that happened thanks to UMG's refusal to provide details. Based on UMG's filings in response to the resulting lawsuit in which Megaupload sought to have them punished ... [ read the full article ]

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Tristan_2
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_ 		19. December 2011 @ 09:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hey UMG how's Sopa going for you now you Copyright Bastards!? You've just singlehandedly(hopefully) just made Sopa into what it truly is and hopefully fully terminated....you bastards shown Sopa will be used to Censor Content of all kinds and abuse the system you created....Death to Sopa,Death to Copyright Tyranny!
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ThePastor
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_ 		19. December 2011 @ 21:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Two questions that the public MUST have answers to:

On what basis did UMG request the Youtube takedown?

On what basis did Youtube grant that request?

There has to be some basis for the request. They didn't just make it up. Did they see their artists and get pissy so they called up the Youtube rep and say, "Take that crap down now!"

And how can Youtube simply pull something down with no reasoning?

Lots of stuff unanswered here. I hope it never gets dropped until the entire thing comes out.
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Tarsellis
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_ 		30. December 2011 @ 10:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Youtube setup this automated process because they (Google) are completely in line (politically and philosophically) with China and the liberal left. Completely in favor of censorship and misinformation, actively participating in it, but trying to hide those facts behind "automated processes" and and "some (false or incomplete) information is better than none".

Youtube's behavior will not change, UMG will not feel any consequences, and why and how they "abused the system" will not be easily made available, if at all. These are all systematic long term plans designed to allow you only the information they want to have and disable any competition from being able to compete.
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phobet
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_ 		6. March 2012 @ 23:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It's interesting to note that UMG had the power to have a video removed, and used it. And now they feel that they do not owe an explanation to anyone. And this is *without* the abomination known as SOPA. Now imagine if SOPA *was* in place. I believe this gives us a glimpse into how certain companies would abuse it.
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