Beyond copyright to private censorship…

Here’s a thing. Owen Gallagher, a postgraduate student and the man behind total recut, recently had three of his remix videos removed from YouTube and his account suspend after protests by BBC Worldwide after allegations of copyright infringement. One of them, the remix of Bertie’s Ard Fheis speech (above) with the BBC’s Dragon’s Den. The BBC has since asked YouTube to reinstate the clip. More informed detail at Damian’s.


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