YouTube Reposts Anti-Scientology Videos 435
Ian Lamont writes "YouTube has reposted anti-Scientology videos and reinstated suspended YouTube accounts after receiving thousands of apparently bogus DCMA take-down notices. Four thousand notices were sent to YouTube last Thursday and Friday by American Rights Counsel, LLC. After YouTube users responded with counter-notices, many of the videos were reposted. It turns out that the American Rights Counsel had no copyright claim on the videos, and the group may not even exist, although the text of the DCMA notices have been linked to a Wikipedia editor. While filing a false DMCA notice is a criminal offense, prosecution in these cases rarely comes about."
Re:First? (Score:5, Funny)
Is there some kind of rule that if it's in a hyperlink, it's spelled 'DCMA', but if it's plain text, it's 'DMCA'?
Get with the program. Today is Transposed Tuesday.
Re:Racial Bigotry (Score:4, Funny)
Do races get protections? Unless they claim some first people's type of race (i.e. the Thetos or whatever they're called were here before us all), I imagine they wouldn't.
Otherwise, I will be claiming protections as well. I am a member of the human race, the Canadian race and I was shortlisted to be on the Amazing Race.
Re:Racial Bigotry (Score:5, Funny)
Wait, you mean the crap they showed on South Park was really was these people believe?!
Re:Racial Bigotry (Score:5, Funny)
To be completely fair, they were DC-8s.
Re:Racial Bigotry (Score:5, Funny)
Yea, DC-10s just makes no sense at all!
Re:First? (Score:5, Funny)
Wow! I am behind on my Ubuntu distro then. I am still on the J's.
Re:Take that Xenu! (Score:0, Funny)
What about this cult?
Re:E-meter videos? (Score:5, Funny)
This probe goes in your mouth.. This one goes in your ear. This one goes in your butt..."
Re:First? (Score:4, Funny)
Jittery January
Fabulous February
Mirthful March
Anaphylactic April
Merciful May
Justified June
Jubilant July
Ardent August
Sepia September
Objective October
Nibbling November
Douceur December
Also comes with the days:
Sanguinely Sundays
Manic Mondays (Sorry, had to)
Transposed Tuesdays
Whimpering Wednesdays
Traumatic Thursdays
Fuck-yeah Fridays
Superimposed Saturdays
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Well, it's as legitimate as my religion (Score:5, Funny)
May you be touched by His Noodley Appendage.
Re:E-meter videos? (Score:5, Funny)
It's nothing more than a half-assed lie-detector.
And since lie-detectors themselves are no more than a half-assed lie-detectors, I'm curious as to exactly what fraction of an ass an e-meter has...
Narcolepsy (Score:2, Funny)
They actually claimed that it was a *scientific finding* that common anesthesia drugs were discovered permanently stored in people's fat tissue, among other things.
Well, that would explain my need for a post-lunch nap!
Re:Typical behaviour of the Scientology sect (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Should be worth pressing charges. (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Racial Bigotry (Score:1, Funny)
A master race to see who can hit rock bottom first, right?
Re:E-meter videos? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Racial Bigotry (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Should be worth pressing charges. (Score:3, Funny)
thus preventing the legitimate copyright holder from keeping their copyright.
punish the criminal. in this case that is whoever sent the notices.
This is slashdot. Don't you know that around here simply owning a copyright considered a criminal act and illegitimate.
Re:Should be worth pressing charges. (Score:4, Funny)
Not to worry -- they'll just get 4000 thetans to serve the sentence.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:Idiot mods (Score:3, Funny)
In Soviet Scientology, meme +1 Funny you!
(Do I get mod points now?)
Re:Interesting case of censorship (Score:3, Funny)
He also endorsed Ron Paul's candidacy for president in 2008.
Well, I was on the edge till I read that, but now I know he's nuts.
Re:Should be worth pressing charges. (Score:5, Funny)
A DMCA take-down notice contains a sword statement
En garde!