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Title: WHO IS TO BLAME ? THE BIGGER PICTURE View count: 24178 Rating: 4.955887 (3287 ratings) Description: Who is to blame for this mess? This was the official claim that got my video taken down. I put these ***** to cover information that does not need to be made public record, but you will still get the full effect of the letter. From: *** ****** ********** @ yahoo.com To: ********* @ youtube.com Date: Jul, 7/25/2008 12:12 Subject: Demand for Immediate Take Down - Notice of Infringing Activity - Reference#: ****** Ticket Id: ********* Queue: Copyright - DMCA - Incomplete Show original Dear I am an authorized representative of the Viacom International Inc , which represents the intellectual property interests of a company that publish interactive games for video game consoles, personal computers, handheld devices and the Internet. Viacom International Inc is providing this letter of notification pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and 17 USC 512 to make YouTube.com aware of material on its network or system that infringes the exclusive copyright rights of one or more Viacom International Inc members. This notice is addressed to you as the agent designated by YouTube.com to receive notifications of claimed infringement, as so reflected in the current records of the U.S. Copyright Office. Under penalty of perjury, we hereby affirm that the Viacom International Inc is authorized to act on behalf of the Viacom International Inc members whose exclusive copyright rights we believe to be infringed as described herein. Viacom International Inc has a good faith belief that the Internet site found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJbCWJNQUYI infringes the rights of one or more Viacom International Inc members by offering free viewing of one or more unauthorized copies of one or more game products protected by copyright, including, but not limited to: VIACOM VS YOU = BOYCOTT The unauthorized copies of such game products appearing on, or made available through, such site are listed and/or identified on such Internet site by their titles, variations thereof or depictions of associated artwork. Based on the information at its disposal on 07/11/2008 11:54:31 AM GMT, Viacom International Inc believes that the statements in this notice are accurate and correctly describe the infringing nature and status of the Infringing Material. Accordingly, Viacom International Inc hereby requests YouTube.com to immediately remove or disable access to the Infringing Material at the URL address identified above. Should you have questions, please contact the Viacom International Inc at the above listed mailing address or by replying to this email. We thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Your prompt response is appreciated. Regards, ***** ********* The letter was clearly effective in getting the video taken down. So if this is true that Viacom did not take this down, which at this point I am inclined to agree (considering this was sent to me directly from youtube themselves and should not have been altered by them to protect Viacom, then youtube is to blame for allowing DMCA claims to be made by unverified sources and acting on them as if they were fact. My next video would present a possible solution so this does not happen to anyone else. ------------------------------------ Copyright information: None of my videos are copyrighted, provided that you do not edit the video in any way and do not place any form of advertisement on the video. The video cannot be altered in any way from its published form. If someone wants to re-upload my video on their channel they must put a link to my channel and the original video so people can find the original source for the content. If you have any questions please contact me before downloading my video. Thank you. The Real Weekly News Tags: viacom, or, youtube, who, is, to, blame, dmca, copyright, infringement, fair, use, Author: therealweeklynews |
