"Internet's Own Boy" Briefly Knocked Off YouTube With Bogus DMCA Claim

An anonymous reader writes "In a bitter irony, a documentary celebrating Aaron Swartz, the late Internet activist who helped create the Creative Commons, has been taken down from YouTube by a misguided copyright claim." From the article: [O]ne of the dark sides of how copyright is enforced on the Internet is that sites that don't actually infringe are sometimes mistakenly swept up in rightsholders' takedown notices, which are frequently automated. Visitors who tried to watch The Internet's Own Boy on YouTube Friday were greeted by the message, "This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Remove Your Media LLC," a reference to a company that specializes in sending copyright takedowns in accordance with the law that governs them, the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA). It's not clear who made the claim, but that's not the point—as activists are all too aware, false copyright claims can can knock legitimate content offline.

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Will we ever stop celebrating him?

[damn_registrars]

There is an argument to make that he was intentionally trying to make a martyr out of himself. He could have done what he did without opening up the network closet - which is the most significant charge that was filed against him. Yeah, the overall response was heavy handed without a doubt, but he wasn't exactly rational himself.

Granted, I guess this is a slightly more interesting story than facebook, the movie but still not that great.

Re:Will we ever stop celebrating him?

[Travis Mansbridge]

There is an argument to make that he was intentionally trying to make a martyr out of himself.

Considering he intentionally took his own life, partly as a means of highlighting his overwhelming situation, you're right. He paid an incredible price just so that the rest of us might take notice of the great injustice at hand, and that deserves at least this much attention.

Re:Will we ever stop celebrating him?

[Anonymous Coward]

Nope. He is just a pussy who willfully violated the law and became "an hero" because he was such a precious snowflake that he couldn't spend a few months in jail or have a felony conviction on his record. He didn't pay an incredible price, he was a person who REFUSED to pay a price for his crimes.

Gandhi and Nelson Mandela did their time. They didn't hang themselves like little faggots.