May 2, 2009

• INFRINGER! INFRINGER! OMG

  I got an email from YouTube today saying that one of the videos I posted was infringing copyright. I apologize to anyone in Djibouti who cannot see the two-year-old video of me and my sister dancing in her room to Blink-182! I am pleased, however, that people in Tuvalu can watch while their island sinks. Here’s what the message said.

  As a result, your video is blocked everywhere except in these locations:
  American Samoa, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Cuba, Fiji, France, Germany, Guam, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kiribati, Mexico, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Papua New Guinea, Puerto Rico, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Spain, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, United Kingdom, United States, United States Virgin Islands, Vanuatu

  What should I do?
  No action is required on your part. In some cases ads may appear next to your video. If you want to make your video available globally you can use AudioSwap to replace the audio in your video with a track from our library of pre-licensed songs.

  Under certain circumstances, you may dispute the copyright claim from UMG. These may be any of the following:

      * the content is mistakenly identified and is actually completely your original creation;
      * you believe your use does not infringe copyright (e.g. it is fair use under US law);
      * you are actually licensed by the owner to use this content.

  WOW. brb looking up fair use

  edit: interestingly enough, there’s a woman who had the same thing happen – and successfully sued the record company. She posted a video of her kids dancing to a Prince song, had her video taken down and reinstated six weeks later.

  I think I might hit the Blink guys up on Twitter.

  • 8:35 am
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