YouTube shift on Anshe Chung griefing video
By Adam Reuters
The YouTube clip of the griefing attack on Anshe Chung, pulled from the video site earlier this month over a copyright complaint by the Second Life property mogul, has been reclassified as a “terms of use violation,” CNET reports.
Anshe Chung Studios’ citing of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and its attempt to press media outlets to remove photos of the attack, drew criticism from many observers in Second Life who claimed that the images fell under the “fair use” doctrine.
CNET’s Daniel Terdiman, who conducted the original interview where the attack on Chung took place, wrote: “It’s nice to know that YouTube no longer considers this situation in the realm of DMCA, as nearly everyone involved knew that argument to be specious.”
The KnowProSE blog notes that the YouTube terms of service’s Section 5 C (iii) prohibits: “material that is unlawful, obscene, defamatory, libelous, threatening, pornographic, harassing, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive, or encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, violate any law, or is otherwise inappropriate.”
