I recently uploaded to youtube a video of Luna playing Lovedust on the Conan O’Brien show from a few years back – and while I am of course NOT the copyright holder and therefore WAS breaking the youtube terms and conditions I thought that as it was a low res video of virtually no resale value (no offence to Luna but they’re not going to make NBC a hatful of cash from reselling their performance) and that it is very unlikely that this clip will turn up anywhere officially I couldn’t see the harm in bending (OK breaking!) the rules.
Today I received an email from youtube to say that the video had been removed because they had received “third-party notification claiming that this material is infringing”. So the video is gone. A video that was…
- not losing anyone anything
- not damaging anyones reputation
- providing an opportunity for Luna fans around the world to see something that they couldn’t see officially
Copyright fascism is a sad fact of life. I just thought that Luna were far enough below the radar to avoid the interests of the greedy and petulant copyright “owners”.
Wankers
you are so right. viva le copyleft, or at least creative commons.