{"id":14588,"date":"2011-12-15T15:54:26","date_gmt":"2011-12-15T21:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/?p=14588"},"modified":"2024-01-12T10:16:16","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T16:16:16","slug":"judge-to-umg-you-got-some-splain-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/12\/judge-to-umg-you-got-some-splain-to-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge to UMG: &#8220;You got some splain&#8217; to do&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kim Dotcom - Megaupload Song HD\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o0Wvn-9BXVc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The campy song above is quite possibly the most controversial song to be released all year. Last Friday, the Hong Kong-based Megaupload released the music video featuring some of the most famous faces in American pop music today. Among those featured are Black Eyed Peas front-man, will.i.am, <del>Puff Daddy Puffy P. Diddy Diddy<\/del> Swag(?), Alicia Keys, Kanye West, among others (literally) singing the praises of the file sharing service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/jackie-chan.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-attachment-id=\"14593\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/12\/judge-to-umg-you-got-some-splain-to-do\/jackie-chan\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/jackie-chan.jpg?fit=268%2C268&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"268,268\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"jackie-chan\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The only logical response.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/jackie-chan.jpg?fit=268%2C268&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/jackie-chan.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/jackie-chan.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/jackie-chan.jpg?resize=160%2C160&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/jackie-chan.jpg?resize=80%2C80&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/jackie-chan.jpg?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/jackie-chan.jpg?resize=180%2C180&amp;ssl=1 180w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/jackie-chan.jpg?resize=120%2C120&amp;ssl=1 120w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/jackie-chan.jpg?w=268&amp;ssl=1 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The only logical response.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an effort to censor the promotional video, label execs at Universal Music Group successfully petitioned YouTube to pull down the video citing a yet to be released copyright claim. As you can expect, news travels quickly whenever the RIAA or one of its members invokes a DMCA takedown and a portion of the video was featured in an episode of&nbsp;<em>Tech News Today<\/em>. Not one to be dissuaded by bad publicity, UMG then invoked&nbsp;<strong>another<\/strong> DMCA take down, this time aimed at <em>Tech News Today<\/em> for playing it in their report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UMG has taken the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and twisted it into their own personal vehicle for censorship. It is a wanton misapplication of the law used to silence a competitor and journalists. On Monday, citing their own copyright violation, Megaupload filed a restraining order against the music giant saying their actions were&nbsp;&#8220;abusing the DMCA takedown mechanism to chill free speech they do not like.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Megaupload further petitioned the court on Wednesday for an expedited ruling, which Judge Claudia Wilken deferred only to give UMG 24 hours to explain their overzealous use of the DMCA. I can&#8217;t possibly think of a good enough reason in this case. Hopefully <em>Tech News Today<\/em> also plans on suing UMG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/tech-policy\/news\/2011\/12\/judge-gives-umg-24-hours-to-explain-takedown-spree.ars\">ArsTechnica<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music video censorship gone wild! UMG takes down Megaupload song &#038; news report! Is free speech at risk? 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