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Fox 'Stole' a Game Clip, Used It In Family Guy and DMCA'd the Original (torrentfreak.com)
An anonymous reader shares a TorrentFreak report: This week's episode of Family Guy included a clip from 1980s Nintendo video game Double Dribble showing a glitch to get a free 3-point goal. Perhaps surprisingly the game glitch is absolutely genuine and was documented in a video that was uploaded to YouTube by a user called 'sw1tched' back in February 2009. Interestingly the clip that was uploaded by sw1tched was the exact same clip that appeared in the Family Guy episode on Sunday. So, unless Fox managed to duplicate the gameplay precisely, Fox must've taken the clip from YouTube. Whether Fox can do that and legally show the clip in an episode is a matter for the experts to argue but what followed next was patently absurd. Shortly after the Family Guy episode aired, Fox filed a complaint with YouTube and took down the Double Dribble video game clip on copyright grounds. Perhaps YouTube should also be blamed for this.
Is the original video monetized? He should sue them for $5.5 million dollars, since he lost out on potential views and revenue.
I could care less what the DMCA STATUTE says.
I, on the other hand, could not.
EXCLUSIVE BUY TIP!!! ALL TAYLOR SWIFT MERCHANDISE!!!
Taylor Swift's ongoing campaign to defend her brand, boot Etsy items with containing lyrics and shut down merchants selling unlicensed merchandise and destroy their wares has had a surprising and completely unintended effect: it appears the original has been destroyed in the confusion.
"Have you seen Taylor? Tell her to call her agent right away. We're worried."
Asked how Taylor could have been destroyed... how an actual human being might possibly have joined the counterfeit T-shirts, figurines, coffee mugs and life-size cardboard stand-ups collected in bins and being fed into an industrial incinerator, her agent shrugged. "These people are not hired for their brains. Or maybe she just slipped?"
It was also suggested that Swift may have wandering around the facility having neglected her hair and personal appearance. "It's a closely guarded secret, but most celebrities undergo significant transformation at the hands of cosmetology professionals. In their unpolished natural form they could easily be confused for poor quality imitation merchandise. It's a dead giveaway. We take quality control very seriously."
In this way, Swifts proverbial 'bad hair day' could have become the worst day, ever.
When pressed about concerns for Taylor's well-being and the ongoing search, the agent was cheerfully optimistic. "Taylor's output has been well received and we're seeing improved sales since announcing her disappearance. We even have unreleased recordings in the vault. I think her brand will continue to do well... no matter how this all turns out."
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The golden rule has just operated perfectly, to wit: those who have the gold make the rules.
On y va, qui mal y pense!