Good news! And a useful example of defending against bogus DMCA take down notices.
-- Enric --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Streeter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Looks like Antonio won against KSDK! His account and his 500+ videos > have been reinstated, read about it here: > http://www.pubdef.net/2007/10/pubdef-wins-fight-with-ksdk- > youtube.html > > Bill Streeter > LO-FI SAINT LOUIS > www.lofistl.com > www.billstreeter.net > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Streeter" <bill@> > wrote: > > > > A local St. Louis video blogger, Antonio French, has had all his > > videos pulled from YouTube after a Local TV station sent a take > down > > notice to YouTube. The video they sent the take down notice was a > > report that he had posted where they promised a follow up to a > story > > about an alderman on the take and then didn't. Antonio French had > > posted this video to show how answers were promised and then > posted > > the follow-up report to show that the question of who the alderman > > was, was never answered. To me it looks like a clear case of fair > > use because he was using the videos to comment and critique them. > > You can read more about what has happened to the rest of his > videos > > on his blog at http://pubdef.net > > > > A word about Antonio French He started his blog Pub-Def as a > > newspaper reporter frustrated by the lack of depth in local > > political reporting in St. Louis. He started posting videos to his > > blog after he saw what I was doing with Lo-Fi Saint Louis. His > > reporting is very good and has broken several stories that have > been > > followed up in both local and national main stream media. He's > > become an important source of information on the activities of > local > > government and a vocal critic of local main stream media. He > doesn't > > really make much money with Pub Def (short for Public Defender) > but > > the cost overhead of doing it is so low that he doesn't really > need > > to make that much money at it. He's exactly the kind of grass > roots > > journalist that our little media revolution has made possible. > > > > He's currently moving all his videos to Blip.tv (something I > > suggested he do months ago.) But I can understand why he wanted to > > continue to use YouTube because it's so well known and has so much > > traffic. > > > > Anyway I thought that this story was relevant to the discussion > here > > especially in light of the Hip-Hop Violinist story, as some of the > > circumstances are similar. > > > > If you get a moment go check out some of the work he's doing at > Pub- > > Def and if you have any ideas about how he might go about dealing > > with this issue I'm sure he would be open to hearing them. But I > > also wanted to introduce him to the group (he's not a participant > > here) because I think that the kind of work he is doing is really > > important. > > > > Bill Streeter > > LO-FI SAINT LOUIS > > www.lofistl.com > > www.billstreeter.net > > >
