RonPaul2008dotcom account closed by YouTube

[Thanehand]

Went to go look at some of the latest videos from the campaign tonight (I've been a subscriber since the early days) and got surprised by an "account suspended" message. So, the account is gone along with all of the hundreds of videos that have been there for years. Great. (Edit: Also noted on DailyPaul).

A load of crap, but does anyone know if there is a way we can help getting it re-activated?:

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[mod edit] here is the backup channel, be sure to subscribe:
http://www.youtube.com/user/RonPaulcom

[Philosophy_of_Politics]

Suspended for . . . a vague claim with no credibility?

[Thanehand]

I imagine one (or more) of the networks bitched about the re-publishing of his video appearances. Not to mention that the DMCA assumes guilty until proven innocent and allows the "rights holders" to essentially accuse anyone/everyone without repercussion.

[Tyler_Durden]

It seems like I've been seeing more and more videos disappear lately. Not just political ones, but music ones too.

[Thanehand]

Ah, someone else also mentioned this on DailyPaul.

[sailingaway]

If it is just for not paying, maybe they are giving the campaign a chance to pick it up. Someone else picked it up when the campaign let it lapse, as I understand it.

[fearthereaperx]

Doesn't mox news always send a counter-claim by pointing to the Fair Use Doctrine and then getting his account re-instated?

[moonshineplease]

I was just about to post a thread saying the Ron Paul Courageously speaks the truth video was removed from youtube. The video had around 3 million views. Then I saw on the Daily Paul about the Channel. Now that I think of it, that channel probably had a lot to do with me coming over to Dr. Paul's positions.

[CyberTootie]

Google's (YouTube's) Content ID policies side-step the DMCA.

Here's a true example. I upload a video that has some copyrighted material. So the content ID system of YouTube automatically flags the video as a work of the content producer as they've been set up a content owner account for their content. Content owners can set what happens to a video with this automatic flagging and change it on a per-video basis later. In this case, it is set to enable advertising on the video so the content owner can receive its revenue. But it's educational. Fair use allows for the use of a reasonable portion of a copyrighted work to teach a lesson. I can dispute this through YouTube, so I did. But it turns out my dispute goes to the content owner. They are the judge of your claim of fair use, misidentification, etc. And once the content owner denies your Content ID dispute, that is the end of it. There is no recourse.

http://productforums.google.com/foru...ns/er2PVL0uZWs
http://fairusetube.org/articles/20-f...ugh-the-cracks

Personally, I am done with Google and YouTube.

[mport1]

Yet another reason why the concept of "Intellectual Property" is ridiculous.