The Electronic Frontier Foundation has put together a video calling on innocent YouTube takedown victims to get in touch. The still from the video shows Mike from Grazr with his girlfriend Juliette from TA Associates. Thankfully my mugshot didn't appear on the still but I was on the other side of the table with the cameraman Jim Moore enjoying some delicious ribs at Redbones BBQ. From the EFF -
"With its 100,000 DMCA takedown notices aimed at YouTube users, now it's Viacom that is netting its share of dolphins. Among the 100,000 videos targeted for takedowns was a home movie shot in a BBQ joint, a film trailer by a documentarian, and a music video (previously here) about karaoke in Singapore. None of these contained anything owned by Viacom. For its part, Viacom has admitted to "no more than" 60 mistakes, so far. Yet each mistake impacts free speech, both of the author of the video and of the viewing public."
[Thanks Edward]
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