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Copyright “Strike” Systems Are Modern Witch Trials
By Ben Jones
TorrentFreak
January 16, 2013
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?
The YouTube copyright takedown system is a mess.
Takedowns and monetization claims can be made by just about anyone, as long as you’rea large media company, and there’s little anyone unfairly or improperly targeted by them can do.
A lot of the problems with the system were exposed a year ago when UMG took down the Mega Song, but last week more tales of bad faith acting have come out, with the takedown by Lionsgate films of a well-regarded “poster boy” for fair use and transformative work.
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