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A total of 29,549 videos were deleted from video streaming site YouTube following a request from copyright-related rights organizations, NHK and other broadcasters, the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC) said Friday.

The collective request to delete the videos was made by 23 businesses and organizations. Parties included public broadcaster NHK and private television stations.

YouTube is a site allowing users to freely watch uploaded videos, which include clips from Japanese television programs, but in most cases, permission to post the videos has not been obtained from the copyright holders, and JASRAC and other organizations in Japan view them as a violation of copyright.

Under U.S. law, items are not considered illegal if they are deleted in line with requests, but there are a huge number of videos uploaded on the site, and if the videos are downloaded before they are deleted, the damage can't be prevented.

The aim of the collective request to delete the large number of videos was apparently intended to underline the seriousness of the problem to YouTube. (Mainichi)

The worst part of censorship is...
piracy!

those were the 29,000 videos i was wanting to see...

what did people expect, given that youtube had already signed deals with warner, sony bmg and others re:copyright infringement and that was before gogole took over and bought a company that is ripe for the sueing...

And this surprises us because ................ ?

Just another good thing gone to sh*t when big money touches it.

they havent found me yet

http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=27072
Take a look at this --first part hilarious--LMAO!, the rest dismal bullshit DMCA verbiage. Rescind the DMCA.

"well I'm sure that most of it were useless clips from game shows. I understand that they..(Google) have to strip the site.
There are packs of hungry lawyers, living out of there cars, eating canned dog food just to survive who are dieing to take down a big and rich tech company using copyright laws.
We have no one to blame but ourselves for writing such laws.

Now media content that you would never see if it were not for sites like youtube will
never been seen because in reality people wont pay for this stuff.

So anyone seen a list of all the videos that have been taken down?

No one unless your really desperate downloads from youtube. the videos are so low rez.

"YouTube

Dear Member:

This is to notify you that we have removed or disabled access to the following material as a result of a third-party notification claiming that this material is infringing:

zbeast_nude.mpg

Please Note: Repeat incidents of copyright infringement will result in the deletion of your account and all videos uploaded to that account. In order to avoid future strikes against your account, please delete any videos to which you do not own the rights, and refrain from uploading additional videos that infringe on the copyrights of others. For more information about YouTube's copyright policy, please read the Copyright Tips guide.

If you elect to send us a counter notice, to be effective it must be a written communication provided to our designated agent that includes substantially the following (please consult your legal counsel or see 17 U.S.C. Section 512(g)(3) to confirm these requirements):

(A) A physical or electronic signature of the subscriber.

(B) Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled.

(C) A statement under penalty of perjury that the subscriber has a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled.

(D) The subscriber's name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that the subscriber consents to the jurisdiction of Federal District Court for the judicial district in which the address is located, or if the subscriberis address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which the service provider may be found, and that the subscriber will accept service of process from the person who provided notification under subsection (c)(1)(C) or an agent of such person.

Such written notice should be sent to our designated agent as follows:

DMCA Complaints
YouTube, Inc.
PO Box 2053
San Mateo, CA 94401
Email: copyright@youtube.com

Please note that under Section 512(f) of the Copyright Act, any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification may be subject to liability.

Sincerely,
YouTube, Inc.

Copyright © 2006 YouTube, Inc."

"And this surprises us because ................ ?"

"Just another good thing gone to sh*t when big money touches it."


that really says it all