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YouTube’s Piracy Filter Blocks MIT Courses, Blender Videos, and More

posted by janrinok on Tuesday June 19 2018, @10:54PM   Printer-friendly
from the unintended-consequences-or-not dept.

canopic jug writes:

YouTube's ContentID system blocks videos alleged to infringe on copyright. Lately it has been coming down on a great many highly visible, legitimate videos. YouTube is apparently taking its time in resolving the problem.

Several popular YouTube accounts, including those belonging to 'MIT OpenCourseWare' and the 'Blender Foundation,' have had all their videos blocked. People who try to access the videos are informed that they are not available in their country, suggesting that YouTube's piracy filters have been triggered. It's unclear, however, who or what is to blame.

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday June 19 2018, @11:02PM (1 child)

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Tuesday June 19 2018, @11:02PM (#695347) Journal

    The scale of ContentID/demonetization/etc. madness exceeds anything that could possibly be encompassed by this story. I guess the news here is that some big+legit channels have been hit by it. They are the channels most likely to get the mistake resolved in their favor...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_MJbgO7SF0 [youtube.com]

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 20 2018, @03:22AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 20 2018, @03:22AM (#695435)

    They are the channels most likely to get the mistake resolved in their favor

    You think? Youtube is practically a monopoly for "big and legit" channels. If there were any choice, people wouldn't be bitching, they'd be on Vimeo saying "good riddance" to Youtube.