Viacom Yields to YouTuber Who DMCA Counterclaimed

Posted by Zonk on Thursday September 13, 2007 @08:46AM from the live-and-let-live dept.

Jason the Weatherman writes "Two weeks ago Viacom charged Christopher Knight with copyright infringement for posting on YouTube a clip from Web Junk 2.0 on VH1 that featured Knight's zany school board commercial. Two days ago YouTube reported to Knight that his clip was back up and that his account wouldn't be punished. What happened? Knight filed a DMCA counter-notification claim with YouTube: something that happens 'all too rarely' according to Fred von Lohmann at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. From the article: 'Almost no one ever files a counter notice. That's the biggest problem we've encountered [with DMCA claims on sites like YouTube]. Most people have no idea that right exists.'"

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Re:VH1's theft by AvitarX · 2007-09-13 09:57 · Score: 5, Funny

He sounds undisclosed settlement happy.

Though I actually think he is ust over-nice.

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They Shouldn't Have Messed With Chris Knight by Headrick · 2007-09-13 10:47 · Score: 3, Funny

They're lucky they didn't get the airborne laser to the house full of un-popped popcorn treatment as well!
Re:No Idea at All by Torvaun · 2007-09-14 09:12 · Score: 3, Funny

I know next to nothing about the video making process. That said, I'd like to hear more about these videos featuring "rack focus." It certainly sounds interesting.

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