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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.

Source TorrentFreak : YouTube's Piracy Filter Blocks MIT Courses, Blender Videos, and More (Updated)

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  • (Score: 2) by Aiwendil on Wednesday June 20 2018, @08:46AM

    by Aiwendil (531) on Wednesday June 20 2018, @08:46AM (#695515) Journal

    Thank you, really.. I've been having their "Message on the radio" stuck in my head for weeks without being able to get it out. Now I can finally listen to it so I at least will have more than a single verse stuck..

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