YouTube Yanks Free Tibet Video After IOC Pressure

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday August 12, 2008 @03:16AM from the ioc-is-not-very-nice dept.

RevWaldo writes "The International Olympic Committee filed a copyright infringement claim yesterday against YouTube for hosting video of a Free Tibet protest at the Chinese Consulate in Manhattan Thursday night. The video depicts demonstrators conducting a candlelight vigil and projecting a protest video onto the consulate building; the projection features recent footage of Tibetan monks being arrested and riffs on the Olympic logo of the five interlocking rings, turning them into handcuffs. YouTube dutifully yanked the video, but it can still be seen on Vimeo. (Be advised; there is some brief footage of bloody, injured monks.)"

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Re:I'll judge them in 3 days. by erroneus · 2008-08-12 03:37 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Where did you get the idea that Tibet was anything other than a peaceful independent nation prior to China's invasion and take-over? As to primitive religious social structure? I think nothing could be more primitive than our own generally accepted belief in a single god and his son on earth born to a virgin. Would you mind backing your assertions up with examples and references?