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YouTube Reposts Anti-Scientology Videos

Posted by timothy on from the fun-and-easy-to-destroy-stuff dept.

Ian Lamont writes "YouTube has reposted anti-Scientology videos and reinstated suspended YouTube accounts after receiving thousands of apparently bogus DCMA take-down notices. Four thousand notices were sent to YouTube last Thursday and Friday by American Rights Counsel, LLC. After YouTube users responded with counter-notices, many of the videos were reposted. It turns out that the American Rights Counsel had no copyright claim on the videos, and the group may not even exist, although the text of the DCMA notices have been linked to a Wikipedia editor. While filing a false DMCA notice is a criminal offense, prosecution in these cases rarely comes about."

5 of 435 comments (clear)

  1. Racial Bigotry by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Great - another 600 bigoted posts about Scientology.

    Scientology is a great, true faith. But you guys don't know anything about faith, do you.

    1. Re:Racial Bigotry by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      Scientology is a race, alright. A Master Race.

    2. Re:Racial Bigotry by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      There is no Catholic race.

      Score 4:, Insightful ?

  2. Re:What's with the scientology hatred? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Whatever iluminati/freemason paranoia or real conspiracy exists with scientology, that pales to the anti-gay and other affronts that Christianity brings. Where more than half are Christians, at least it's...different.

    Big difference. Lunacy and insanity were penned into the very core of Scientology, along with the authorization to decimate your "enemies", be they real or perceived. The other preaches love and for your fellow man, despite the behaviors of a very vocal minority.

  3. Re:Should be worth pressing charges. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Google couldn't file a suit as they aren't the copyright holder of the video.

    Of course they could, fucktard. Not for copyright infringement, but for something else.