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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. Re:Google shouldn't had given them such right by Jake73 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Glad they removed it just in good taste. Seriously, that's one stupid, long-ass ad. Dumb jingle. Dumb tune. Dumb message. Should have been 4 minutes shorter.

  2. Re:Google shouldn't had given them such right by cvtan · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    "I don't have the right to delete anyones video at whim either, so why should big companies. "
    That's right. Because a company is considered equivalent to a person like you and... Oh wait. Never mind!

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