Background summary of my experience with video yanking by Viacom
Good news
Here is the communication I just received from YouTube:
Dear Mr. Moore,
Viacom International has retracted its copyright claim with respect to the
video:http://youtube.com/watch?v=QUzOP42dg1I
This content has been restored and your account will not be penalized.
Sincerely,
The YouTube Team
Bad News
Other innocent folks are still having their videos yanked, and/or are just realizing they’ve been yanked (check yours if you haven’t yet!).
Here is a sample of the mail coming into YouTubeViacom at gmail.com. It does make you wonder what Viacom was thinking:
From: ZZalgern0n
Date: Feb 6, 2007 12:29 AM
Subject: my video was yanked
To: http://www.ZZalgern0n.com
