http://www.thestandard.com/node/111753/comments comments feed. en Video: IOC backs off DMCA take-down for Tibet protest http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/video-ioc-backs-dmca-take-down-tibet-protest <p> <p> </p> <p>The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has backed away from a DMCA take-down request to remove a YouTube video of a Tibetan protest at the Chinese consulate in New York. </p> <p>The video in question (see below) was clearly not an example of copyright infringement. YouTube and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) both pushed back against the IOC, which then withdrew their complaint. <a href="http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/08/olympic-committee-takedown-shows-risks-ill-timed-t">As the EFF notes</a>, however, the inaccurate title of the video was "Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony," so in all likelihood, the IOC was filing DMCA notices for Olympics content, which has been <a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/11/users-run-circles-around-nbcs-great-firewall-olympics">springing up on YouTube faster than they can take it down</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/node/5836">Anthony Falzone, Executive Director of the Fair Use Project, was impressed</a> that YouTube went beyond the call of duty in pushing back at the IOC. With the sheer volume of DMCA requests that YouTube must be fielding with the Olympics, taking the time to double-check the content is certainly impressive. At the same time, however, it highlights how much work YouTube has to do in terms of policing copyrighted content. The number of legal notices they have to respond to consume time and resources that might be put to better use.</p> <div><object height="344" width="425"><br /> <param name="movie" value="about:blank"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/j60x3C43Qao&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object></div> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>News: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/twitter-joins-olympics-chinese-journalist-cries-out-help">Twitter joins the Olympics, as a Chinese journalist cries out for help</a></b></li> <li>News: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/13/michael-phelps-king-web-well-pool">Michael Phelps is king of the Web as well as the pool</a></b></li> <li>Analysis: <b><a href="http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/02/25/chavez-china-and-coming-startup-squeeze">Chavez, China, and the coming startup squeeze</a></b></li> <li>Picture This: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/08/picture-2008-olympics-dominate-online-searches">2008 Olympics dominate online searches</a></b></li> <li>Analysis: <b><a href="http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/04/25/real-problem-googles-blogger-service-neglect">The real problem with Google's Blogger service: Neglect</a></b></li> <li>News: <b><a href="http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/12/court-papers-indicate-james-fayed-had-absolute-control-over-e-bullion">Court papers indicate James Fayed had absolute control over e-Bullion</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/video-ioc-backs-dmca-take-down-tibet-protest#comments Beijing Olympics co:YouTube Standards & Legal The Industry Standard Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:05:03 -0700 Cyndy Aleo-Carreira 111753 at http://www.thestandard.com Video: IOC backs off DMCA take-down for Tibet protest http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/video-ioc-backs-dmca-take-down-tibet-protest <p> <p> </p> <p>The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has backed away from a DMCA take-down request to remove a YouTube video of a Tibetan protest at the Chinese consulate in New York. </p> <p>The video in question (see below) was clearly not an example of copyright infringement. YouTube and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) both pushed back against the IOC, which then withdrew their complaint. <a href="http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/08/olympic-committee-takedown-shows-risks-ill-timed-t">As the EFF notes</a>, however, the inaccurate title of the video was "Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony," so in all likelihood, the IOC was filing DMCA notices for Olympics content, which has been <a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/11/users-run-circles-around-nbcs-great-firewall-olympics">springing up on YouTube faster than they can take it down</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/node/5836">Anthony Falzone, Executive Director of the Fair Use Project, was impressed</a> that YouTube went beyond the call of duty in pushing back at the IOC. With the sheer volume of DMCA requests that YouTube must be fielding with the Olympics, taking the time to double-check the content is certainly impressive. At the same time, however, it highlights how much work YouTube has to do in terms of policing copyrighted content. The number of legal notices they have to respond to consume time and resources that might be put to better use.</p> <div><object height="344" width="425"><br /> <param name="movie" value="about:blank"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/j60x3C43Qao&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object></div> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>News: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/twitter-joins-olympics-chinese-journalist-cries-out-help">Twitter joins the Olympics, as a Chinese journalist cries out for help</a></b></li> <li>News: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/13/michael-phelps-king-web-well-pool">Michael Phelps is king of the Web as well as the pool</a></b></li> <li>Analysis: <b><a href="http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/02/25/chavez-china-and-coming-startup-squeeze">Chavez, China, and the coming startup squeeze</a></b></li> <li>Picture This: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/08/picture-2008-olympics-dominate-online-searches">2008 Olympics dominate online searches</a></b></li> <li>Analysis: <b><a href="http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/04/25/real-problem-googles-blogger-service-neglect">The real problem with Google's Blogger service: Neglect</a></b></li> <li>News: <b><a href="http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/12/court-papers-indicate-james-fayed-had-absolute-control-over-e-bullion">Court papers indicate James Fayed had absolute control over e-Bullion</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/video-ioc-backs-dmca-take-down-tibet-protest#comments Beijing Olympics co:YouTube Standards & Legal The Industry Standard Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:05:03 -0700 Cyndy Aleo-Carreira 111753 at http://www.thestandard.com Video: IOC backs off DMCA take-down for Tibet protest http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/video-ioc-backs-dmca-take-down-tibet-protest <p> <p> </p> <p>The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has backed away from a DMCA take-down request to remove a YouTube video of a Tibetan protest at the Chinese consulate in New York. </p> <p>The video in question (see below) was clearly not an example of copyright infringement. YouTube and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) both pushed back against the IOC, which then withdrew their complaint. <a href="http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/08/olympic-committee-takedown-shows-risks-ill-timed-t">As the EFF notes</a>, however, the inaccurate title of the video was "Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony," so in all likelihood, the IOC was filing DMCA notices for Olympics content, which has been <a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/11/users-run-circles-around-nbcs-great-firewall-olympics">springing up on YouTube faster than they can take it down</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/node/5836">Anthony Falzone, Executive Director of the Fair Use Project, was impressed</a> that YouTube went beyond the call of duty in pushing back at the IOC. With the sheer volume of DMCA requests that YouTube must be fielding with the Olympics, taking the time to double-check the content is certainly impressive. At the same time, however, it highlights how much work YouTube has to do in terms of policing copyrighted content. The number of legal notices they have to respond to consume time and resources that might be put to better use.</p> <div><object height="344" width="425"><br /> <param name="movie" value="about:blank"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/j60x3C43Qao&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object></div> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>News: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/twitter-joins-olympics-chinese-journalist-cries-out-help">Twitter joins the Olympics, as a Chinese journalist cries out for help</a></b></li> <li>News: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/13/michael-phelps-king-web-well-pool">Michael Phelps is king of the Web as well as the pool</a></b></li> <li>Analysis: <b><a href="http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/02/25/chavez-china-and-coming-startup-squeeze">Chavez, China, and the coming startup squeeze</a></b></li> <li>Picture This: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/08/picture-2008-olympics-dominate-online-searches">2008 Olympics dominate online searches</a></b></li> <li>Analysis: <b><a href="http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/04/25/real-problem-googles-blogger-service-neglect">The real problem with Google's Blogger service: Neglect</a></b></li> <li>News: <b><a href="http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/12/court-papers-indicate-james-fayed-had-absolute-control-over-e-bullion">Court papers indicate James Fayed had absolute control over e-Bullion</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/video-ioc-backs-dmca-take-down-tibet-protest#comments Beijing Olympics co:YouTube Standards & Legal The Industry Standard Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:05:03 -0700 Cyndy Aleo-Carreira 111753 at http://www.thestandard.com Video: IOC backs off DMCA take-down for Tibet protest http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/video-ioc-backs-dmca-take-down-tibet-protest <p> <p> </p> <p>The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has backed away from a DMCA take-down request to remove a YouTube video of a Tibetan protest at the Chinese consulate in New York. </p> <p>The video in question (see below) was clearly not an example of copyright infringement. YouTube and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) both pushed back against the IOC, which then withdrew their complaint. <a href="http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/08/olympic-committee-takedown-shows-risks-ill-timed-t">As the EFF notes</a>, however, the inaccurate title of the video was "Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony," so in all likelihood, the IOC was filing DMCA notices for Olympics content, which has been <a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/11/users-run-circles-around-nbcs-great-firewall-olympics">springing up on YouTube faster than they can take it down</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/node/5836">Anthony Falzone, Executive Director of the Fair Use Project, was impressed</a> that YouTube went beyond the call of duty in pushing back at the IOC. With the sheer volume of DMCA requests that YouTube must be fielding with the Olympics, taking the time to double-check the content is certainly impressive. At the same time, however, it highlights how much work YouTube has to do in terms of policing copyrighted content. The number of legal notices they have to respond to consume time and resources that might be put to better use.</p> <div><object height="344" width="425"><br /> <param name="movie" value="about:blank"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/j60x3C43Qao&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object></div> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>News: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/twitter-joins-olympics-chinese-journalist-cries-out-help">Twitter joins the Olympics, as a Chinese journalist cries out for help</a></b></li> <li>News: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/13/michael-phelps-king-web-well-pool">Michael Phelps is king of the Web as well as the pool</a></b></li> <li>Analysis: <b><a href="http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/02/25/chavez-china-and-coming-startup-squeeze">Chavez, China, and the coming startup squeeze</a></b></li> <li>Picture This: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/08/picture-2008-olympics-dominate-online-searches">2008 Olympics dominate online searches</a></b></li> <li>Analysis: <b><a href="http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/04/25/real-problem-googles-blogger-service-neglect">The real problem with Google's Blogger service: Neglect</a></b></li> <li>News: <b><a href="http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/12/court-papers-indicate-james-fayed-had-absolute-control-over-e-bullion">Court papers indicate James Fayed had absolute control over e-Bullion</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/video-ioc-backs-dmca-take-down-tibet-protest#comments Beijing Olympics co:YouTube Standards & Legal The Industry Standard Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:05:03 -0700 Cyndy Aleo-Carreira 111753 at http://www.thestandard.com Video: IOC backs off DMCA take-down for Tibet protest http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/video-ioc-backs-dmca-take-down-tibet-protest <p> <p> </p> <p>The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has backed away from a DMCA take-down request to remove a YouTube video of a Tibetan protest at the Chinese consulate in New York. </p> <p>The video in question (see below) was clearly not an example of copyright infringement. YouTube and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) both pushed back against the IOC, which then withdrew their complaint. <a href="http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/08/olympic-committee-takedown-shows-risks-ill-timed-t">As the EFF notes</a>, however, the inaccurate title of the video was "Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony," so in all likelihood, the IOC was filing DMCA notices for Olympics content, which has been <a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/11/users-run-circles-around-nbcs-great-firewall-olympics">springing up on YouTube faster than they can take it down</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/node/5836">Anthony Falzone, Executive Director of the Fair Use Project, was impressed</a> that YouTube went beyond the call of duty in pushing back at the IOC. With the sheer volume of DMCA requests that YouTube must be fielding with the Olympics, taking the time to double-check the content is certainly impressive. At the same time, however, it highlights how much work YouTube has to do in terms of policing copyrighted content. The number of legal notices they have to respond to consume time and resources that might be put to better use.</p> <div><object height="344" width="425"><br /> <param name="movie" value="about:blank"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/j60x3C43Qao&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object></div> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>News: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/twitter-joins-olympics-chinese-journalist-cries-out-help">Twitter joins the Olympics, as a Chinese journalist cries out for help</a></b></li> <li>News: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/13/michael-phelps-king-web-well-pool">Michael Phelps is king of the Web as well as the pool</a></b></li> <li>Analysis: <b><a href="http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/02/25/chavez-china-and-coming-startup-squeeze">Chavez, China, and the coming startup squeeze</a></b></li> <li>Picture This: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/08/picture-2008-olympics-dominate-online-searches">2008 Olympics dominate online searches</a></b></li> <li>Analysis: <b><a href="http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/04/25/real-problem-googles-blogger-service-neglect">The real problem with Google's Blogger service: Neglect</a></b></li> <li>News: <b><a href="http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/12/court-papers-indicate-james-fayed-had-absolute-control-over-e-bullion">Court papers indicate James Fayed had absolute control over e-Bullion</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/video-ioc-backs-dmca-take-down-tibet-protest#comments Beijing Olympics co:YouTube Standards & Legal The Industry Standard Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:05:03 -0700 Cyndy Aleo-Carreira 111753 at http://www.thestandard.com Video: IOC backs off DMCA take-down for Tibet protest http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/video-ioc-backs-dmca-take-down-tibet-protest <p> <p> </p> <p>The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has backed away from a DMCA take-down request to remove a YouTube video of a Tibetan protest at the Chinese consulate in New York. </p> <p>The video in question (see below) was clearly not an example of copyright infringement. YouTube and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) both pushed back against the IOC, which then withdrew their complaint. <a href="http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/08/olympic-committee-takedown-shows-risks-ill-timed-t">As the EFF notes</a>, however, the inaccurate title of the video was "Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony," so in all likelihood, the IOC was filing DMCA notices for Olympics content, which has been <a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/11/users-run-circles-around-nbcs-great-firewall-olympics">springing up on YouTube faster than they can take it down</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/node/5836">Anthony Falzone, Executive Director of the Fair Use Project, was impressed</a> that YouTube went beyond the call of duty in pushing back at the IOC. With the sheer volume of DMCA requests that YouTube must be fielding with the Olympics, taking the time to double-check the content is certainly impressive. At the same time, however, it highlights how much work YouTube has to do in terms of policing copyrighted content. The number of legal notices they have to respond to consume time and resources that might be put to better use.</p> <div><object height="344" width="425"><br /> <param name="movie" value="about:blank"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/j60x3C43Qao&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object></div> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>News: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/twitter-joins-olympics-chinese-journalist-cries-out-help">Twitter joins the Olympics, as a Chinese journalist cries out for help</a></b></li> <li>News: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/13/michael-phelps-king-web-well-pool">Michael Phelps is king of the Web as well as the pool</a></b></li> <li>Analysis: <b><a href="http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/02/25/chavez-china-and-coming-startup-squeeze">Chavez, China, and the coming startup squeeze</a></b></li> <li>Picture This: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/08/picture-2008-olympics-dominate-online-searches">2008 Olympics dominate online searches</a></b></li> <li>Analysis: <b><a href="http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/04/25/real-problem-googles-blogger-service-neglect">The real problem with Google's Blogger service: Neglect</a></b></li> <li>News: <b><a href="http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/12/court-papers-indicate-james-fayed-had-absolute-control-over-e-bullion">Court papers indicate James Fayed had absolute control over e-Bullion</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/video-ioc-backs-dmca-take-down-tibet-protest#comments Beijing Olympics co:YouTube Standards & Legal The Industry Standard Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:05:03 -0700 Cyndy Aleo-Carreira 111753 at http://www.thestandard.com Video: IOC backs off DMCA take-down for Tibet protest http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/video-ioc-backs-dmca-take-down-tibet-protest <p> <p> </p> <p>The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has backed away from a DMCA take-down request to remove a YouTube video of a Tibetan protest at the Chinese consulate in New York. </p> <p>The video in question (see below) was clearly not an example of copyright infringement. YouTube and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) both pushed back against the IOC, which then withdrew their complaint. <a href="http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/08/olympic-committee-takedown-shows-risks-ill-timed-t">As the EFF notes</a>, however, the inaccurate title of the video was "Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony," so in all likelihood, the IOC was filing DMCA notices for Olympics content, which has been <a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/11/users-run-circles-around-nbcs-great-firewall-olympics">springing up on YouTube faster than they can take it down</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/node/5836">Anthony Falzone, Executive Director of the Fair Use Project, was impressed</a> that YouTube went beyond the call of duty in pushing back at the IOC. With the sheer volume of DMCA requests that YouTube must be fielding with the Olympics, taking the time to double-check the content is certainly impressive. At the same time, however, it highlights how much work YouTube has to do in terms of policing copyrighted content. The number of legal notices they have to respond to consume time and resources that might be put to better use.</p> <div><object height="344" width="425"><br /> <param name="movie" value="about:blank"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/j60x3C43Qao&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object></div> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>News: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/twitter-joins-olympics-chinese-journalist-cries-out-help">Twitter joins the Olympics, as a Chinese journalist cries out for help</a></b></li> <li>News: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/13/michael-phelps-king-web-well-pool">Michael Phelps is king of the Web as well as the pool</a></b></li> <li>Analysis: <b><a href="http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/02/25/chavez-china-and-coming-startup-squeeze">Chavez, China, and the coming startup squeeze</a></b></li> <li>Picture This: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/08/picture-2008-olympics-dominate-online-searches">2008 Olympics dominate online searches</a></b></li> <li>Analysis: <b><a href="http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/04/25/real-problem-googles-blogger-service-neglect">The real problem with Google's Blogger service: Neglect</a></b></li> <li>News: <b><a href="http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/12/court-papers-indicate-james-fayed-had-absolute-control-over-e-bullion">Court papers indicate James Fayed had absolute control over e-Bullion</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/video-ioc-backs-dmca-take-down-tibet-protest#comments Beijing Olympics co:YouTube Standards & Legal The Industry Standard Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:05:03 -0700 Cyndy Aleo-Carreira 111753 at http://www.thestandard.com Video: IOC backs off DMCA take-down for Tibet protest http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/video-ioc-backs-dmca-take-down-tibet-protest <p> <p> </p> <p>The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has backed away from a DMCA take-down request to remove a YouTube video of a Tibetan protest at the Chinese consulate in New York. </p> <p>The video in question (see below) was clearly not an example of copyright infringement. YouTube and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) both pushed back against the IOC, which then withdrew their complaint. <a href="http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/08/olympic-committee-takedown-shows-risks-ill-timed-t">As the EFF notes</a>, however, the inaccurate title of the video was "Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony," so in all likelihood, the IOC was filing DMCA notices for Olympics content, which has been <a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/11/users-run-circles-around-nbcs-great-firewall-olympics">springing up on YouTube faster than they can take it down</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/node/5836">Anthony Falzone, Executive Director of the Fair Use Project, was impressed</a> that YouTube went beyond the call of duty in pushing back at the IOC. With the sheer volume of DMCA requests that YouTube must be fielding with the Olympics, taking the time to double-check the content is certainly impressive. At the same time, however, it highlights how much work YouTube has to do in terms of policing copyrighted content. The number of legal notices they have to respond to consume time and resources that might be put to better use.</p> <div><object height="344" width="425"><br /> <param name="movie" value="about:blank"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/j60x3C43Qao&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object></div> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>News: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/twitter-joins-olympics-chinese-journalist-cries-out-help">Twitter joins the Olympics, as a Chinese journalist cries out for help</a></b></li> <li>News: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/13/michael-phelps-king-web-well-pool">Michael Phelps is king of the Web as well as the pool</a></b></li> <li>Analysis: <b><a href="http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/02/25/chavez-china-and-coming-startup-squeeze">Chavez, China, and the coming startup squeeze</a></b></li> <li>Picture This: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/08/picture-2008-olympics-dominate-online-searches">2008 Olympics dominate online searches</a></b></li> <li>Analysis: <b><a href="http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/04/25/real-problem-googles-blogger-service-neglect">The real problem with Google's Blogger service: Neglect</a></b></li> <li>News: <b><a href="http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/12/court-papers-indicate-james-fayed-had-absolute-control-over-e-bullion">Court papers indicate James Fayed had absolute control over e-Bullion</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/video-ioc-backs-dmca-take-down-tibet-protest#comments Beijing Olympics co:YouTube Standards & Legal The Industry Standard Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:05:03 -0700 Cyndy Aleo-Carreira 111753 at http://www.thestandard.com Video: IOC backs off DMCA take-down for Tibet protest http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/video-ioc-backs-dmca-take-down-tibet-protest <p> <p> </p> <p>The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has backed away from a DMCA take-down request to remove a YouTube video of a Tibetan protest at the Chinese consulate in New York. </p> <p>The video in question (see below) was clearly not an example of copyright infringement. YouTube and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) both pushed back against the IOC, which then withdrew their complaint. <a href="http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/08/olympic-committee-takedown-shows-risks-ill-timed-t">As the EFF notes</a>, however, the inaccurate title of the video was "Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony," so in all likelihood, the IOC was filing DMCA notices for Olympics content, which has been <a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/11/users-run-circles-around-nbcs-great-firewall-olympics">springing up on YouTube faster than they can take it down</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/node/5836">Anthony Falzone, Executive Director of the Fair Use Project, was impressed</a> that YouTube went beyond the call of duty in pushing back at the IOC. With the sheer volume of DMCA requests that YouTube must be fielding with the Olympics, taking the time to double-check the content is certainly impressive. At the same time, however, it highlights how much work YouTube has to do in terms of policing copyrighted content. The number of legal notices they have to respond to consume time and resources that might be put to better use.</p> <div><object height="344" width="425"><br /> <param name="movie" value="about:blank"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/j60x3C43Qao&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object></div> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>News: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/twitter-joins-olympics-chinese-journalist-cries-out-help">Twitter joins the Olympics, as a Chinese journalist cries out for help</a></b></li> <li>News: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/13/michael-phelps-king-web-well-pool">Michael Phelps is king of the Web as well as the pool</a></b></li> <li>Analysis: <b><a href="http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/02/25/chavez-china-and-coming-startup-squeeze">Chavez, China, and the coming startup squeeze</a></b></li> <li>Picture This: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/08/picture-2008-olympics-dominate-online-searches">2008 Olympics dominate online searches</a></b></li> <li>Analysis: <b><a href="http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/04/25/real-problem-googles-blogger-service-neglect">The real problem with Google's Blogger service: Neglect</a></b></li> <li>News: <b><a href="http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/12/court-papers-indicate-james-fayed-had-absolute-control-over-e-bullion">Court papers indicate James Fayed had absolute control over e-Bullion</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/video-ioc-backs-dmca-take-down-tibet-protest#comments Beijing Olympics co:YouTube Standards & Legal The Industry Standard Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:05:03 -0700 Cyndy Aleo-Carreira 111753 at http://www.thestandard.com Video: IOC backs off DMCA take-down for Tibet protest http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/video-ioc-backs-dmca-take-down-tibet-protest <p> <p> </p> <p>The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has backed away from a DMCA take-down request to remove a YouTube video of a Tibetan protest at the Chinese consulate in New York. </p> <p>The video in question (see below) was clearly not an example of copyright infringement. YouTube and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) both pushed back against the IOC, which then withdrew their complaint. <a href="http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/08/olympic-committee-takedown-shows-risks-ill-timed-t">As the EFF notes</a>, however, the inaccurate title of the video was "Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony," so in all likelihood, the IOC was filing DMCA notices for Olympics content, which has been <a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/11/users-run-circles-around-nbcs-great-firewall-olympics">springing up on YouTube faster than they can take it down</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/node/5836">Anthony Falzone, Executive Director of the Fair Use Project, was impressed</a> that YouTube went beyond the call of duty in pushing back at the IOC. With the sheer volume of DMCA requests that YouTube must be fielding with the Olympics, taking the time to double-check the content is certainly impressive. At the same time, however, it highlights how much work YouTube has to do in terms of policing copyrighted content. The number of legal notices they have to respond to consume time and resources that might be put to better use.</p> <div><object height="344" width="425"><br /> <param name="movie" value="about:blank"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/j60x3C43Qao&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object></div> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>News: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/twitter-joins-olympics-chinese-journalist-cries-out-help">Twitter joins the Olympics, as a Chinese journalist cries out for help</a></b></li> <li>News: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/13/michael-phelps-king-web-well-pool">Michael Phelps is king of the Web as well as the pool</a></b></li> <li>Analysis: <b><a href="http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/02/25/chavez-china-and-coming-startup-squeeze">Chavez, China, and the coming startup squeeze</a></b></li> <li>Picture This: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/08/picture-2008-olympics-dominate-online-searches">2008 Olympics dominate online searches</a></b></li> <li>Analysis: <b><a href="http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/04/25/real-problem-googles-blogger-service-neglect">The real problem with Google's Blogger service: Neglect</a></b></li> <li>News: <b><a href="http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/12/court-papers-indicate-james-fayed-had-absolute-control-over-e-bullion">Court papers indicate James Fayed had absolute control over e-Bullion</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/video-ioc-backs-dmca-take-down-tibet-protest#comments Beijing Olympics co:YouTube Standards & Legal The Industry Standard Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:05:03 -0700 Cyndy Aleo-Carreira 111753 at http://www.thestandard.com Video: IOC backs off DMCA take-down for Tibet protest http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/video-ioc-backs-dmca-take-down-tibet-protest <p> <p> </p> <p>The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has backed away from a DMCA take-down request to remove a YouTube video of a Tibetan protest at the Chinese consulate in New York. </p> <p>The video in question (see below) was clearly not an example of copyright infringement. YouTube and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) both pushed back against the IOC, which then withdrew their complaint. <a href="http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/08/olympic-committee-takedown-shows-risks-ill-timed-t">As the EFF notes</a>, however, the inaccurate title of the video was "Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony," so in all likelihood, the IOC was filing DMCA notices for Olympics content, which has been <a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/11/users-run-circles-around-nbcs-great-firewall-olympics">springing up on YouTube faster than they can take it down</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/node/5836">Anthony Falzone, Executive Director of the Fair Use Project, was impressed</a> that YouTube went beyond the call of duty in pushing back at the IOC. With the sheer volume of DMCA requests that YouTube must be fielding with the Olympics, taking the time to double-check the content is certainly impressive. At the same time, however, it highlights how much work YouTube has to do in terms of policing copyrighted content. The number of legal notices they have to respond to consume time and resources that might be put to better use.</p> <div><object height="344" width="425"><br /> <param name="movie" value="about:blank"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/j60x3C43Qao&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object></div> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>News: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/twitter-joins-olympics-chinese-journalist-cries-out-help">Twitter joins the Olympics, as a Chinese journalist cries out for help</a></b></li> <li>News: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/13/michael-phelps-king-web-well-pool">Michael Phelps is king of the Web as well as the pool</a></b></li> <li>Analysis: <b><a href="http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/02/25/chavez-china-and-coming-startup-squeeze">Chavez, China, and the coming startup squeeze</a></b></li> <li>Picture This: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/08/picture-2008-olympics-dominate-online-searches">2008 Olympics dominate online searches</a></b></li> <li>Analysis: <b><a href="http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/04/25/real-problem-googles-blogger-service-neglect">The real problem with Google's Blogger service: Neglect</a></b></li> <li>News: <b><a href="http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/12/court-papers-indicate-james-fayed-had-absolute-control-over-e-bullion">Court papers indicate James Fayed had absolute control over e-Bullion</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/video-ioc-backs-dmca-take-down-tibet-protest#comments Beijing Olympics co:YouTube Standards & Legal The Industry Standard Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:05:03 -0700 Cyndy Aleo-Carreira 111753 at http://www.thestandard.com Video: IOC backs off DMCA take-down for Tibet protest http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/video-ioc-backs-dmca-take-down-tibet-protest <p> <p> </p> <p>The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has backed away from a DMCA take-down request to remove a YouTube video of a Tibetan protest at the Chinese consulate in New York. </p> <p>The video in question (see below) was clearly not an example of copyright infringement. YouTube and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) both pushed back against the IOC, which then withdrew their complaint. <a href="http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/08/olympic-committee-takedown-shows-risks-ill-timed-t">As the EFF notes</a>, however, the inaccurate title of the video was "Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony," so in all likelihood, the IOC was filing DMCA notices for Olympics content, which has been <a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/11/users-run-circles-around-nbcs-great-firewall-olympics">springing up on YouTube faster than they can take it down</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/node/5836">Anthony Falzone, Executive Director of the Fair Use Project, was impressed</a> that YouTube went beyond the call of duty in pushing back at the IOC. With the sheer volume of DMCA requests that YouTube must be fielding with the Olympics, taking the time to double-check the content is certainly impressive. At the same time, however, it highlights how much work YouTube has to do in terms of policing copyrighted content. The number of legal notices they have to respond to consume time and resources that might be put to better use.</p> <div><object height="344" width="425"><br /> <param name="movie" value="about:blank"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/j60x3C43Qao&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object></div> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>News: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/twitter-joins-olympics-chinese-journalist-cries-out-help">Twitter joins the Olympics, as a Chinese journalist cries out for help</a></b></li> <li>News: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/13/michael-phelps-king-web-well-pool">Michael Phelps is king of the Web as well as the pool</a></b></li> <li>Analysis: <b><a href="http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/02/25/chavez-china-and-coming-startup-squeeze">Chavez, China, and the coming startup squeeze</a></b></li> <li>Picture This: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/08/picture-2008-olympics-dominate-online-searches">2008 Olympics dominate online searches</a></b></li> <li>Analysis: <b><a href="http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/04/25/real-problem-googles-blogger-service-neglect">The real problem with Google's Blogger service: Neglect</a></b></li> <li>News: <b><a href="http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/12/court-papers-indicate-james-fayed-had-absolute-control-over-e-bullion">Court papers indicate James Fayed had absolute control over e-Bullion</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/video-ioc-backs-dmca-take-down-tibet-protest#comments Beijing Olympics co:YouTube Standards & Legal The Industry Standard Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:05:03 -0700 Cyndy Aleo-Carreira 111753 at http://www.thestandard.com Video: IOC backs off DMCA take-down for Tibet protest http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/video-ioc-backs-dmca-take-down-tibet-protest <p> <p> </p> <p>The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has backed away from a DMCA take-down request to remove a YouTube video of a Tibetan protest at the Chinese consulate in New York. </p> <p>The video in question (see below) was clearly not an example of copyright infringement. YouTube and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) both pushed back against the IOC, which then withdrew their complaint. <a href="http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/08/olympic-committee-takedown-shows-risks-ill-timed-t">As the EFF notes</a>, however, the inaccurate title of the video was "Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony," so in all likelihood, the IOC was filing DMCA notices for Olympics content, which has been <a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/11/users-run-circles-around-nbcs-great-firewall-olympics">springing up on YouTube faster than they can take it down</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/node/5836">Anthony Falzone, Executive Director of the Fair Use Project, was impressed</a> that YouTube went beyond the call of duty in pushing back at the IOC. With the sheer volume of DMCA requests that YouTube must be fielding with the Olympics, taking the time to double-check the content is certainly impressive. At the same time, however, it highlights how much work YouTube has to do in terms of policing copyrighted content. The number of legal notices they have to respond to consume time and resources that might be put to better use.</p> <div><object height="344" width="425"><br /> <param name="movie" value="about:blank"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/j60x3C43Qao&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object></div> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>News: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/twitter-joins-olympics-chinese-journalist-cries-out-help">Twitter joins the Olympics, as a Chinese journalist cries out for help</a></b></li> <li>News: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/13/michael-phelps-king-web-well-pool">Michael Phelps is king of the Web as well as the pool</a></b></li> <li>Analysis: <b><a href="http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/02/25/chavez-china-and-coming-startup-squeeze">Chavez, China, and the coming startup squeeze</a></b></li> <li>Picture This: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/08/picture-2008-olympics-dominate-online-searches">2008 Olympics dominate online searches</a></b></li> <li>Analysis: <b><a href="http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/04/25/real-problem-googles-blogger-service-neglect">The real problem with Google's Blogger service: Neglect</a></b></li> <li>News: <b><a href="http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/12/court-papers-indicate-james-fayed-had-absolute-control-over-e-bullion">Court papers indicate James Fayed had absolute control over e-Bullion</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/video-ioc-backs-dmca-take-down-tibet-protest#comments Beijing Olympics co:YouTube Standards & Legal The Industry Standard Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:05:03 -0700 Cyndy Aleo-Carreira 111753 at http://www.thestandard.com Video: IOC backs off DMCA take-down for Tibet protest http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/video-ioc-backs-dmca-take-down-tibet-protest <p> <p> </p> <p>The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has backed away from a DMCA take-down request to remove a YouTube video of a Tibetan protest at the Chinese consulate in New York. </p> <p>The video in question (see below) was clearly not an example of copyright infringement. YouTube and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) both pushed back against the IOC, which then withdrew their complaint. <a href="http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/08/olympic-committee-takedown-shows-risks-ill-timed-t">As the EFF notes</a>, however, the inaccurate title of the video was "Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony," so in all likelihood, the IOC was filing DMCA notices for Olympics content, which has been <a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/11/users-run-circles-around-nbcs-great-firewall-olympics">springing up on YouTube faster than they can take it down</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/node/5836">Anthony Falzone, Executive Director of the Fair Use Project, was impressed</a> that YouTube went beyond the call of duty in pushing back at the IOC. With the sheer volume of DMCA requests that YouTube must be fielding with the Olympics, taking the time to double-check the content is certainly impressive. At the same time, however, it highlights how much work YouTube has to do in terms of policing copyrighted content. The number of legal notices they have to respond to consume time and resources that might be put to better use.</p> <div><object height="344" width="425"><br /> <param name="movie" value="about:blank"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/j60x3C43Qao&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object></div> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>News: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/twitter-joins-olympics-chinese-journalist-cries-out-help">Twitter joins the Olympics, as a Chinese journalist cries out for help</a></b></li> <li>News: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/13/michael-phelps-king-web-well-pool">Michael Phelps is king of the Web as well as the pool</a></b></li> <li>Analysis: <b><a href="http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/02/25/chavez-china-and-coming-startup-squeeze">Chavez, China, and the coming startup squeeze</a></b></li> <li>Picture This: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/08/08/picture-2008-olympics-dominate-online-searches">2008 Olympics dominate online searches</a></b></li> <li>Analysis: <b><a href="http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/04/25/real-problem-googles-blogger-service-neglect">The real problem with Google's Blogger service: Neglect</a></b></li> <li>News: <b><a href="http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/12/court-papers-indicate-james-fayed-had-absolute-control-over-e-bullion">Court papers indicate James Fayed had absolute control over e-Bullion</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/video-ioc-backs-dmca-take-down-tibet-protest#comments Beijing Olympics co:YouTube Standards & Legal The Industry Standard Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:05:03 -0700 Cyndy Aleo-Carreira 111753 at http://www.thestandard.com