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Jean-Luc
May 21st, 2009, 11:24 PM
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?
rossmum
May 21st, 2009, 11:30 PM
Do Viacom actually have any legit (even barely) claim to those?
jcap
May 21st, 2009, 11:31 PM
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
Jean-Luc
May 21st, 2009, 11:33 PM
How is Viacom associated with TF2, Call of Duty, and Halo Wars?

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.

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.
jcap
May 21st, 2009, 11:38 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.
Llama Juice
May 21st, 2009, 11:38 PM
Did you put any weird music in it or anything?
Jean-Luc
May 21st, 2009, 11:39 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.

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 (http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?answer=59826)
jcap
May 21st, 2009, 11:48 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.
k4is3rxkh40s
May 21st, 2009, 11:50 PM
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 (http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?answer=59826)

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.
Jean-Luc
May 21st, 2009, 11:53 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.

Will try, thanks.

That said, take a look at the kind of stuff Viacom has done: http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/11118.cfm
TeeKup
May 22nd, 2009, 12:27 PM
How the hell are they doing this? Doesn't youtube check with the respective people to see if they actually have any ownership in the respective product?
Joshflighter
May 22nd, 2009, 01:31 PM
Wow, Viacom are some big ass douche bags. If I was that guy in the article, I would file for money settlement because they not only took up his time, but they also took his own content that clearly is/was his property. Blah, rich bastards these days know no bounds.
Cojafoji
May 22nd, 2009, 01:45 PM
Did you put any weird music in it or anything?
A legit question that no one has answered...
Jean-Luc
May 22nd, 2009, 01:47 PM
A legit question that no one has answered...

Sorry for not responding to this earlier. No, I didn't alter the cutscenes in any way, save a lead-in and lead-out.
Bodzilla
May 23rd, 2009, 04:47 AM
these things are being made deliberately hard for youtube users to fight against.

Youtubes been phasing YOU out of youtube for a while now.
they're trying to compete with hulu.
Phopojijo
May 23rd, 2009, 10:12 PM
these things are being made deliberately hard for youtube users to fight against.

Youtubes been phasing YOU out of youtube for a while now.
they're trying to compete with hulu.No, no they aren't. They've been giving special accounts for free to people who create their own content, as well as the whole Youtube concert, fighting with the RIAA for content... etc.

The majority of what they DON'T want is people saying "Wha wha! My Ex put my video up on youtube 'cause I was drunk! I hate him take it down!" when they in fact have no legal grounds to take it down... wasting their lawyer's very expensive time.