Feds order YouTube to remove video for containing “government criticism”
“The number of takedown orders received by Google from authorities based in the United States rose dramatically over the past year, with demands to remove information, including videos containing “government criticism,” increasing by 70 per cent.” Read more…
(sourcr: Fact Over Fiction, via Current)
Recording labels sue YouTube downloader website, fail to grasp the insignificance of their actions
“The recording industry doesn’t have the most respectable history when it comes to lawsuits. Between asking for millions for trivial acts of piracy, and asking potentially for trillions in more serious cases, they’ve shown that they’re not only completely disconnected from reality, but totally unheeding of the actual effects of their litigation. So it’s not surprising to see them tilting at yet another windmill.” Read more…
(source: TechCrunch)
