tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383512304639632735.post8580211993077513748..comments2024-01-23T07:34:52.253-08:00Comments on Copyrights & Campaigns: YouTube restores National Organization for Marriage video early, citing fair useBen Sheffnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06477793715765992689noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383512304639632735.post-62426455269834876122009-05-15T12:50:00.000-07:002009-05-15T12:50:00.000-07:00Ben, didn't know about your blog until I read your...Ben, didn't know about your blog until I read your quote in an article on this. Nice to see that YouTube is becoming more flexible on this issue.rudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16569372771463391132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383512304639632735.post-67802716795770113652009-05-12T14:19:00.000-07:002009-05-12T14:19:00.000-07:00I am pleasantly surprised. YouTube did the right ...I am pleasantly surprised. YouTube did the right thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383512304639632735.post-55763440891821789032009-05-07T19:55:00.000-07:002009-05-07T19:55:00.000-07:00Well, it’s nice to see that someone has (at least ...Well, it’s nice to see that someone has (at least temporarily) wrestled control of YouTube’s copyright enforcement division out of the hands of Curly, Larry, and Moe. This is a step in the right direction. But I’m not jumping for joy yet.<br /><br />This is a high profile case and NOM’s lawyer filed a counternotice with YouTube. The average YouTuber is unlikely to have the resources or courage to fight a DMCA, however bogus. And even if the average YouTuber had the resources, she may not want to forfeit her anonymity to fight a bogus DMCA. Had this not been such a high profile case and had NOM not been represented by a lawyer, I doubt YouTube would have lifted a finger to protect NOM’s right to Fair Use. It is nice that YouTube has made this first step. But I won’t be too impressed if we see YouTube only protecting the Fair Use rights of the high profiled and well-heeled while allowing the rights of the vast majority of us peons to fall by the wayside. I will truly be impressed when YouTube announces a policy to reinstate all videos that OBVIOUSLY fall within fair use—whether a DMCA counternotice has been filed or not. And even if YouTube can’t do this for practical reasons, they should at least institute a formal appeals process to revive accounts that have been suspended as a result of a complaint filed against videos that fall within Fair Use. The DMCA requires removal of videos. It certainly doesn’t demand the suspension of accounts if the videos in question are likely to fall within Fair Use.themaskedanalysthttp://www.themaskedanalyst.com/noreply@blogger.com