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I doubt Sony even took this down themselves but was youtube's automated fingerprint scanner.

• nailer 13y ago
  Interesting. What do you think would have triggered it?
• Buge 13y ago
  If you look at the tweet, it says the Youtube video was matched to a Sony video that had Sintel in the name. So Sony submitted a Sintel video to Youtube saying "this belongs to us, take down anything that matches it."
  • kalleboo 13y ago
    This happens all the time on YouTube with all sorts of video. For instance, any time something happens with space, news channels end up flagging public domain NASA footage as their own.
  • jamesbrownuhh 13y ago
    Remember that we're talking about digital video/audio fingerprints here, so it's not just a case of "someone uploaded a video with Sintel in the name". The question is why Sony would be uploading a copy (or a content ID fingerprint) of an open-source work to YouTube and claiming it as their own. YouTube's ContentID would appear to be Working As Designed. The problem is that Sony would appear to have falsely claimed title to a work that is not theirs. It's for Sony to work it out, and for the uploader to quickly and immediately hit the 'dispute' button, which effectively then moves the situation back to Sony to "put up or shut up". I'm not sure that the best way to deal with this situation - which is clearly an error and nothing more - is to run directly onto twitter and start screaming about there being no better reason to support open movies and urging everyone to "donate now" though.