YouTube Reposts Anti-Scientology Videos

Posted by timothy on Tuesday September 9, 2008 @03:38AM 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."

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first post... by Anonymous Coward · 2008-09-09 03:44 · Score: -1, Offtopic

anonymously of course...don't want some wackos on my trail...
Re:Racial Bigotry by L4t3r4lu5 · 2008-09-09 04:07 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Mod parent Insightful.

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Re:Of course. by oyenstikker · 2008-09-09 04:08 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Sure. There are some clear and concise laws that everybody understands.
Like the 2nd amendment.

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Re:Southpark's Scientology Video by Anonymous Coward · 2008-09-09 04:32 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Mod this up and GP down. I agree with my brother AC; Comedy Central should be encouraged to put their episodes online, rather than encouraged to sue college students.