Tag Archives: TAKEDOWNS

Youtube’s Content ID System Is a Playground for Swindlers

By ikat381 | Published: September 1, 2011

Some forms of copyright abuse, such as censoring free speech or stifling fair use, have a long and shameful history. But Youtube has given rise to a number of new incentives for making phony copyright claims. Lying about copyright can now lead to increased web traffic, licensing revenues, advertising dollars, and other business advantages. And [...]

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Homophobic Friends

By jonathan | Published: July 11, 2011

This remix video is online again after being deleted by Vimeo. See below for details. The show Friends was a mainstay of popular American television for a decade and like most sitcoms it relied heavily on heteronormative or homophobic comedy situations and throwaway gags. During its ten years on the air, between 1994 and 2004, [...]

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Vimeo’s Two-Faced Treatment of Remixers Suggests Ugly Corporate Plans for the Future

By ikat381 | Published: April 18, 2011

Vimeo seems to have a split personality when it comes to remixers. On the one hand, Vimeo’s community guidelines tell us that remixes are forbidden. The rules state that “you must own or hold all necessary rights (copyrights, etc.) to the videos” that you upload, and that “public domain videos are also prohibited.” This rule [...]

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The Real James Bond

By elisa | Published: April 4, 2011

Veovisjohn created this remix highlighting the less-attractive libertine image of the James Bond brand of masculinity. By isolating (and occasionally repeating) the images of glorified aggression, objectification and, as the artist puts it, “womanizing”, the remix creates a rarely acknowledged but more accurate portrayal of Bond’s misogynistic masculinity. The original upload of The Real James [...]

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Irish Green Party Continues the Timeworn Story of Copyright as Censorship

By ikat381 | Published: March 7, 2011

February’s Irish election added another chapter to the absurdly long history of desperate copyright censorship. Youtube user DublinDilettante posted “Green Party PPB: The Honesty Remix” to express his frustration at the Irish Green Party’s abandonment of its platform and shift to the right. The Greens have been condemned elsewhere for colluding with the right-wing Fianna [...]

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We Are Creators Too

By elisa | Published: October 5, 2009

Public Knowledge has just released their new series of four video interviews called “We Are Creators Too” that focuses on artists who push the boundaries of copyright law. First to be featured was Nina Paley whose Sita Sings the Blues feature film (set to music from the Public Domain) reveals the timelessness of an old [...]

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Queer Housewives of New York City (Real Housewives Remix)

By elisa | Published: June 22, 2009

REMOVED 03/20/2010- NBC Universal has ordered youtube to remove these two fair-use remixes. You can read about the ongoing battle to get them back online on Elisa’s website and you can also watch the videos from there. The Queer Housewives of New York City (Real Housewives Remix) series follows Bethenny, the only single housewife, through [...]

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Shut Up and Drive: Climate Analysis

By jonathan | Published: October 31, 2008

UPDATE 2 -MAR/07/11 – The video is back online again this time with a “buy this song” link advertisement. UPDATE 1 – FEB/13/09 – Another fair-use remix bites the dust…This one removed from YouTube due to a “third party copyright claim”. This video was purged even though its clearly a transformative work that comments on [...]

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The Sound of My Voice

By jonathan | Published: March 14, 2008

FEB/13/09 – Youtube says this video is “private”, that’s all the info we have, but it was once available for viewing and now is not. Another remix by ATMO films in their Read My Lips mashup series. In this one they carefully cut up and digitally manipulate George W Bush’s Iraq invasion speech to make [...]

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Electronic Behavior Control System

By jonathan | Published: February 29, 2008

FEB/13/09 – Another on the remixes we posted has been hit by this ominous message from YouTube “This video has been removed due to terms of use violation.” No other info was provided. An older remix from EBN from the early 90s which combines footage from the mass media and government leaders to create an [...]

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