(The “muting”/copyright issue here is troublesome, and this interview makes for a good case-in-point. – promoted by odum)

Hi All I just posted the very final last Gubernatorial candidate clip and was very proud of myself for getting it up before the Primary. Here it is but don’t bother watching, because the audio has been disabled:

The Culprit apparently is not YouTube but WMG (Warner Music Group), so I can lay any conspiracy theories about YouTube/Google muting Pete Shumlin to rest!

So here is some background I learned from Wikipedia:

In December 2008, negotiations between WMG and YouTube broke down.[42] As a result, Warner Music Group has continuously blocked or muted videos on YouTube that feature music recordings belonging to its labels or to its publishing arm, Warner/Chappell Music, citing copyright infringement. Although the majority of the blocked videos are not official content of WMG, they include WMG recordings in a minor way normally covered by Fair Use.

So Youtube has a dispute form and here is my submission:

2. This video uses copyrighted material in a manner that does not require approval of the copyright holder. It is a fair use under copyright law.

I am using 40 seconds of audio from 2001: A space Oddyssey backed with a Beck song (with my own video and graphics) as an outro, and you muted the whole interview with VT gubernatorial candidate Pete Shumlin. The primary is Tuesday, and I have given all of the Democratic candidates a non-commercial forum to discuss their positions. Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for fair use for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

Statement of Good Faith

I have a good faith belief that the material was disabled as a result of a mistake or misidentification, and that I am not intentionally abusing this dispute process.

I will try to get the offending audio removed and re-uploaded by Primary Day, but I was hoping to get up the Donny Osman clip up by then too. I guess I’m glad it’s a rainy day, I have some work to do here.  Maybe the audio will return after they consider the dispute claim.