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YouTube Says UMG Had No 'Right' To Take Down Megaupload Video

Posted by timothy on from the layered-agreements dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Contrary to a previous story, Google played no part in the Megaupload takedown. From Wired: 'YouTube said Friday that Universal Music abused the video-sharing site's piracy filters when it employed them to take down a controversial video of celebrities and pop superstars singing and praising the notorious file-sharing service Megaupload.'"

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  1. So the Farmer let the Fox by Grand+Facade · · Score: 5, Funny

    So the Farmer let the Fox into the chicken house to cull the bad chickens!!!
    Whoa, lazy Farmer!
    But on top of that the Farmer is letting the Fox decide which chickens are bad!

    But that's not all...

    The Farmer is not even checking what the Fox is doing! WTF!!!

    Glad I'm not a chicken......

    --
    Rick B.
    1. Re:So the Farmer let the Fox by TheGratefulNet · · Score: 4, Funny

      and that is precisely why I watch Chicken News.

      it helps keep things fair and balanced..

      (go fowl!)

      --

      --
      "It is now safe to switch off your computer."
  2. Thank you UMG! by wjcofkc · · Score: 4, Funny

    I would have never heard of Megaupload if not for the loud bang of you shooting yourself in the foot!

    --
    Brought to you by Carl's Junior.
  3. Re:And now we see... by AngryDeuce · · Score: 4, Funny

    I guess you could hire RIAA lawyers to calculate the damages for you.

    Eleventy Trillion Dollars!!!

  4. Re:Google shouldn't had given them such right by Sponge+Bath · · Score: 3, Funny

    Pirates took err jerbs!

  5. Re:Way to Go Universal! by c++0xFF · · Score: 4, Funny

    Give them a hand: when they aim for their foot, they make sure it's gone.

    Don't give them a hand. I'm sure they'd rather have their foot back instead.

  6. Re:Streisand by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Streisand uses Sony/Columbia for her music.

    I am sorry, but we are not in Soviet Russia. Here in Capitalist Amerika, Sony/Columbia uses STREISAND for HER music.