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15-Year-Old Scams YouTube

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the so-easy-a-kid-can-do-it dept.

SurturZ writes "A fifteen year old from Perth, Australia, posed as an employee of the Australian Broadcasting Commission, demanding that YouTube remove hundreds of video clips of 'The Chasers War on Everything.' The amusing part is that The Chaser is a comedy company well known to perpetrate exactly this sort of prank."

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  1. YHBT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    YHBT (Youtube has been trolled)

  2. First Post takedown by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    As copyright holder I DEMAND Slashdot remove all first posts from all stories now and in the future.

  3. He might get his own segment... by agittins · · Score: 5, Funny

    Brilliant, I look forward to the next Chaser episode - I expect they're going to sing his praises for such a cool stunt... and I'll upload it to YouTube for you too :-)

  4. Re:Seems pretty funny to me by ScrewMaster · · Score: 2, Funny

    I guess the irony is that if Google chooses to they can persecute the individual under the same law as it has provisions to punish you for doing this with material you do not own.

    Persecute or prosecute? I guess in this context there'd be little difference.

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