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Blender Foundation Video Taken Down On YouTube For Copyright Violation

Posted by timothy on from the now-it's-ours dept.

An anonymous reader writes "As if the automated take downs on Youtube weren't already bad enough, today fans of the popular open source 3D software Blender were greeted by a copyright take down notice for their third open movie, Sintel, despite it being released under a Creative Commons license: 'This video contains content from Sony Pictures Movies & Shows, who has blocked it on copyright grounds.' It is believed that the takedown was a result of Sony Electronics adding Sintel to their official 4k demo pool."

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  1. Sony by Richy_T · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Nuff said.

  2. Guilty until proven innocent. by Narcocide · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There needs to be a law against this. Sony should have to pay restitution to Blender.

    1. Re:Guilty until proven innocent. by Cryacin · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Sony should have to pay restitution to Blender.

      This. I understand the need for corporations to be able to take down entire movie content et al from being served in public, as much as we would like things for free, movies do cost, there needs to be profit to get them funded etc.

      However...

      The pendulum is on the movie producers side right now, and they are shilling legitimate content etc as much as possible, and would rather have something by default taken down incorrectly than do their due diligence. The best way to solve this, is when an incorrect takedown notice has been issued without honest and reasonable proof that the correct steps have been taken to identify illegitimate content according to the laws, the party requesting the unlawful removal of content should become liable for any damages that occur from the takedown, and that those damages should be commensurate with the calculations used when movies are pirated, as obviously it is the same goods we are speaking of.

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  3. Re:Perjury? by wisnoskij · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Someone with a million or two to just throw out the window and a lifetime of freetime to spend.

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  4. Re:Stop using Youtube by Frosty+Piss · · Score: 5, Insightful

    YouTube was great until Google acquired them. Every "enhancement" and change they make drags it down further.

    I don't agree with your opinion, but really this has little to do with the issue at hand.

    It's the DMCA takedown laws that allow this.

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  5. How about... by NewtonsLaw · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "You wouldn't steal a handbag...

    "You wouldn't steal a car...

    "You wouldn't download a movie...

    "But it's okay to claim someone else's IP as your own... if you're Sony!