Tag Archives: YouTube

What Internet Vigilance Looks Like

23 Apr

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Many have the misconception that their activities in the internet can not be traced back to them so they engage in activities that they would never do if their identities were known.  As I’ve said before, the internet is not anonymous despite everything you see on your local news, on your favorite TV show or [...]

Take Internet Threats Seriously

14 Apr

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I just read the shocking story of how college student Asia McGowen was gunned down by her stalker Anthony Powell who then killed himself. He had been stalking Asia on YouTube and Facebook, leaving her nasty and threatening comments. He had also made videos about her as well as other videos railing against black women, [...]

Copyright Infringement Part 3

18 Sep

Last week I heard in the news that Prince was cracking down on YouTube and eBay for not protecting his copyrights. What I am reading in the news is that he is removing grainy videos of his concert in the UK as well as pirated music and videos. There has been no mention of the [...]

More on Copyright Infringement

30 Aug

I think I found out who “The Music Publisher” is. Could it by chance be the National Music Publisher’s Association? From their site: Founded in 1917, the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) is a trade association representing more than 600 American music publishers. The NMPA’s mandate is to protect and advance the interests of music [...]

YouTube Video Removed for Copyright Infringement

30 Aug

YouTube Video Removed for Copyright Infringement

Yesterday I received a lovely notice from YouTube indicating that one of my videos was removed due to copyright infringement. The notice also stated that repeat incidents of copyright infringement would result in deletion of my account and all the videos uploaded to said account. What was the video? Did I record something from TV [...]