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YouTube Reposts Anti-Scientology Videos

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."

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  1. Re:Racial Bigotry by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Xenu? DC10s? Thetans?

    Wait, you mean the crap they showed on South Park was really was these people believe?!

  2. Re:Racial Bigotry by Da+Fokka · · Score: 5, Funny

    To be completely fair, they were DC-8s.

  3. Re:Racial Bigotry by Joe+the+Lesser · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yea, DC-10s just makes no sense at all!

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  4. Re:First? by MyLongNickName · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow! I am behind on my Ubuntu distro then. I am still on the J's.

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  5. Well, it's as legitimate as my religion by davidwr · · Score: 5, Funny

    May you be touched by His Noodley Appendage.

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  6. Re:E-meter videos? by DahGhostfacedFiddlah · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's nothing more than a half-assed lie-detector.

    And since lie-detectors themselves are no more than a half-assed lie-detectors, I'm curious as to exactly what fraction of an ass an e-meter has...

  7. Re:Should be worth pressing charges. by commodoresloat · · Score: 5, Funny

    A DMCA take-down notice contains a sword statement

    En garde!