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Viacom Claims Copyright On Irrlicht Video

Posted by kdawson on from the some-kinda-nerve dept.

stinkytoe writes in with the news that Nikolaus Gebhardt, developer of the cross-platform game engine library Irrlicht, recently had one of his video tutorials taken off of YouTube. A thread on Irrlicht's forum contains a copy of the takedown notice. From Gebhardt's blog: "Viacom, the corporation behind MTV, DreamWorks and Paramount is now claiming they own the copyright on a video of an Irrlicht tutorial. Which is completely ridiculous, of course: The whole thing has been written by me and the Irrlicht team, even textures and skins and logos have been created by me, and an Irrlicht Engine user... simply filmed and published it on YouTube.com. Here is a screenshot of the tutorial, it's really just a 2D GUI rendered using the 3D engine, nothing special at all."

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  1. Woops... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    They must have gotten carried away. Quick guys, copyright your wedding videos and personal amateur porn before they do!

    1. Re:Woops... by kaizenfury7 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Thankfully my wedding video and personal amateur porn is the same video.

      ...

      ...

      Goddamnit, use the INSIDE voice...the INSIDE voice!

  2. Can't resist... by physicsboy500 · · Score: 2, Funny

    "All your base are belong to us!" Sincerly - Viacom

    --
    The original generic sig.
  3. Re:if you want to bake a cake by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Well, I'm hoping that some of this "scatter shot" technique being used by the media companies in their so called war on piracy[...]
    AKA the bukkake technique.
  4. Evidently not, Mr. AC by spun · · Score: 1, Funny

    Good evening Mr. Pot, my name is Kettle and I'll be your server. Try the irony, it's delicious.

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    - None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
  5. Re:Possible Reason by profplump · · Score: 5, Funny

    Since the legal staff hired a perl programmer, circa 1998.

  6. Re:Stupid by Monkeyman334 · · Score: 2, Funny

    *Ahem* in order to hurt YouTube.

    Like I said, this is Slashdot.

  7. Re:Anti-competitive and suppresses free speech... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    >for the video or another other video covered by your produce

    That would be awesome...You could overlay a few carrots and lima beans onto feature films and upload them to YouTube without fear of lawsuits!