Alright, this is pissing me off to the point of insanity. I've uploaded many videos today on youtube of video game cutscenes, and 75% have been blocked completely, with no ability to dispute it, by the company Viacom.
The cutscenes in question that were blocked were all the Team Fortress 2 Meet the _______ videos, Call of Duty 4 intro, and Halo Wars Intro, all of which are freely availiable.
What the FUCK can I do here?
Do Viacom actually have any legit (even barely) claim to those?
How is Viacom associated with TF2, Call of Duty, and Halo Wars?
If they have nothing to do with them, then they are breaking YouTube's (and the DMCA's) policy for copyright infringement reporting. Only the actual copyright holder is authorized to submit a complaint.
http://www.youtube.com/t/dmca_policy
They aren't. Viacom is only associated with MTV, VH1, and BET I believe. But, even though they don't hold a copyright for any of them, they don't provide any link for me to dispute the copyright claim.Originally Posted by jcap
E: just read the DMCA copyright policy, and it is BLATANTLY obvious they are just taking jurisdiction over the material. Each one of those videos was blocked mere minutes after uploading them, meaning that they are neither filling out a legitimate form, nor paying attention to what they are blocking.
Last edited by Jean-Luc; May 21st, 2009 at 10:36 PM.
You should be able to dispute the claim. Say that none of the content is theirs and they have no authority. I highly, HIGHLY doubt they are working on Microsoft's behalf.
Did you put any weird music in it or anything?
I'm reading up on it. The amount of shit I would have to do is insane, and might even land me in court. Fucking ridiculous.
E: Look at this BS
Last edited by Jean-Luc; May 21st, 2009 at 10:43 PM.
try doing this
http://www.youtube.com/dispute_claim?video_id=xxxxxxxxxxx
Paste the video ID of yours in place of the x's. You should be brought to a simple dispute page.
In the meantime, re-upload the same video and tell Viacom to suck a fat dick.
I say just call them up and ask if they have any affiliations between any of the things you listed, as a friend said maybe they were merging or some bull like that. Would probably lead the person around the problem that they were idiots and had your things deleted without actually paying attention, of which they would most likely claim that everything they do is for a reason and your video is going to stay down until they are brought to court.
Will try, thanks.
That said, take a look at the kind of stuff Viacom has done: http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/11118.cfm
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