Two years ago, i posted a link to YouTube comedy skit that my friends had put on as a part of a "talent" show in our Florida Senior Community. Some of you may have watched it here:
http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f27/sharing-23-years-of-frugal-retirement-62251.html#post1286071
As I went to the post to link it for a friend, I found out that it had been removed from YouTube ... Blocked by UMG because it contained content covered by copyright.
So here's what I think may have happened. The skit was of some of my "old guy" friends... performing an silly olympic water ballet. It was in our clubhouse, and the sound came from the MPG video... crowd sounds and a very scratchy background recording of some dreamy music, which might have been a song by Sarah Brightman from "Dive" (not sure about that).
The thought that UMG (Universal Music Group) has this power just boggles my mind. Somebody tell me that this could not be the case. Really... a funny skit with distant sound in the background (along with crowd laughter) now banned, because of copyright laws. Is someone really monitoring the 8 trillion YouTube videos?
Feels like we've entered the world of Big Brother. Is this the wave of the future?
?
http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f27/sharing-23-years-of-frugal-retirement-62251.html#post1286071
As I went to the post to link it for a friend, I found out that it had been removed from YouTube ... Blocked by UMG because it contained content covered by copyright.
So here's what I think may have happened. The skit was of some of my "old guy" friends... performing an silly olympic water ballet. It was in our clubhouse, and the sound came from the MPG video... crowd sounds and a very scratchy background recording of some dreamy music, which might have been a song by Sarah Brightman from "Dive" (not sure about that).
The thought that UMG (Universal Music Group) has this power just boggles my mind. Somebody tell me that this could not be the case. Really... a funny skit with distant sound in the background (along with crowd laughter) now banned, because of copyright laws. Is someone really monitoring the 8 trillion YouTube videos?
Feels like we've entered the world of Big Brother. Is this the wave of the future?
?