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Fox Issues DMCA Claim On 2009 YouTube Video It 'Borrowed' For 2016 Family Guy Episode
YouTube’s ContentID has long been a thorn in the side of content creators. The automated copyright enforcement system is like a glitched out Terminator that often operates without rhyme or reason. Its latest confounding move is a snake eating its tail and going back for seconds.
The most recent episode of Fox’s Family Guy featured a clip of a glitch for Konami’s 1986 Double Dribble. The footage in question was taken from a 2009 video posted by YouTube user “sw1tched.”
The original video is now gone. It’s been removed following a DMCA takedown filed by Fox. Oops. You can still see a mirror on Daily Motion.
Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane has been getting inundated with tweets about the matter. While he didn’t initiate the takedown (that would be Fox, of course), he says he’s looking into it.
Hey Twitter: FYI I don't run Fox, and I'm away from FG working on a new show. However I will look into the Double Dribble issue.
— Seth MacFarlane (@SethMacFarlane) May 20, 2016
We’ve also reached out to YouTube in hopes of understanding just how this happened. We’ll update should we receive a response.
Update: And the DMCA strike has been lifted. The original video is back up.
[Source: TorrentFreak]
Our Take
With as much volume as YouTube sees, automation is necessary. However, the ContentID system seems to cause as many problems as it solves. This is an example of how terribly the system can go awry, giving far too much power to intellectual property holders to claim they own things to which they have no right.
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