Mike Masnick at Techdirt is reporting that YouTube may be taking down public domain works in response to claims of ownership. From the article:
…or all the complaining that copyright holders do about how awful it is that they need to “police” their own content on YouTube, it seems like those who are getting hurt are people who are putting up public domain material and getting shut down — often with little recourse.
Link and commentary provided by Stephen Downes.
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