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02/21/07
Got home from work and had a few emails from YouTube, and one from BayTSP. I’m guessing that BayTSP is the company that Viacom pays to track down copyright infringement. A search turned up a few references to them and that sort of thing.
Anyway, all the emails I received were positive. For instance: “In response to your DMCA counter-notification, Viacom International has
retracted its copyright claim…” Very professional language in all the email.
I think it would have been a nice touch to be more apologetic. Heck, I’ve screwed up before and I always bend over backward to make friends. But whatever.
Here’s what BayTSP had to say: “With more than 100,000 unauthorized clips that needed to be removed from the site, unfortunately, there were isolated errors. We regret the inconvenience this may have caused and we will continue our ongoing efforts to convince YouTube to deliver on its promise of a more practical and effective method of protecting copyrighted content.”
OK. I’m fine with that.
But most importantly, my account is back. Action is what I really wanted after all. We’ll start posting new vlogs to it tomorrow.
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February 22nd, 2007 at 12:07 pm
Very encouraging to hear. I was under the impression that nothing would ever happen, and a pattern would develop based on the angles you and others posted on your blog & Yahoo email forums about the companies’ various copyright claims, the immense amount of work filtering through them all, and the lack of incentives to fix the errors.
Hopefully this will be an isolated incident.
February 23rd, 2007 at 5:35 pm
I wonder what would happen if you made BayTSP the subject of a Vlog and posted it on YouTube?
“Wonder how many copies of your files are being traded online?” Would BayTSP have even the foggiest notion?
And, may I add, what a crappy site
February 23rd, 2007 at 5:38 pm
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=baytsp
February 23rd, 2007 at 6:04 pm
http://bmaurer.blogspot.com/2007/02/big-media-dmca-notices-guilty-until.html
February 12th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
Here’s what I had to say:
To Mark Ishikawa:
I will begin my explaining to you Mark and all of the other American
illiterate capitalist greed mongers, at “BayTSP, Inc.” I have done nothing
wrong.
It is of my belief that piracy is STEALING and therefore any person/s caught
with pirated and/or copyright infringed material/s should serve a lifetime
in purgatory and/or hell whereby they must adhere to
Diablo/Demonio/Hades/Satan/Devil and must report to the punishment office
666 on level 666 on first arrival.
This/these person/s must suck black c0ck for an eternity, no questions asked.
Hence why I put forward my case:
In the matter of woody Vs The Neo-Nazi Americans!
I have not infringed your “client’s” copyrighted material to my knowledge.
I am pleading ignorance, naivety and I am proclaiming incredible
intelligence at the same time.
I am “ignorant/naive”, specifically to your fat, capitalist pig fuck, oil
raping, civilian killing, nation’s “The Berne Convention for the Protection
of Literary”, “Universal Copyright Convention” and no doubt the abhorrent bs
feces these conventions stand for, finally, any “bilateral treaties” you may
have with my country and yours.
I am however, announcing a magical declaration that’s been on my mind for
some time.
I “declare” myself to be brilliant, artistic and beautiful, all at the same
time.
Moving forward…
Let me make it very clear for you:
I do not support shith0use greedy scoundrel capitalist movie studios which,
a) Produce big budgeted fecal matter films that aren’t worth the time/effort
and/or coliform/bacteria their made for. I.e. “The Honeymooners” or “Four
Brothers”.
b) Supported or currently support actors whose name begin with “Tom” and
ends with “Cruise”.
I guess you’re client’s really unlucky this time around.
That all aside.
I apologise and I really want you to understand this:
I purchased the film on DVD.
Therefore it is my right, not anyone else’s but mine.
To make a backup copy of this film.
I repeat, I own this film! The DVD I own!
Customer “copyright” laws state: If you purchase a film, you have every
right, under god, his messiahs and scientologists from around the world, to
“backup” the “original” film you purchased, as to preserve its quality and
workability.
Guess what US scum?
My DVD doesn’t work no more.
If I have to repurchase this film again, on my limited, poor arse, “low”
class income that I receive on a fortnightly basis.
I will not be impressed.
I will not be able to feed myself.
I will starve.
Therefore I’m downloading it.
SO FUCK OFF!
I would just like to conclude by professing my full cooperation in these
matters and it’s been a pleasure working with you, your company, your client
(paramount pictures) and of course the great law enforcing conventions of
America.
Any questions, complaints, apologies?
Please forward them to myself at this address. You now have my email
address, I would appreciate it if you would send further complaints in the
future (I’m sure there will be plenty more) to here and not my ISP.
Though I do understand you’re only going by the IP, but please research the
facts more before you send these fagg0t American threats and bullshit
“penalties and perjury” infringement notifications.
Yours truly,
The guy that hates America. - P.s. If you wish to attempt to extradite me,
I’m ok with that but please give me at least 2 weeks notice however, as to
allow me time to alert my friends/relatives and leave “town” on a much
needed trip to a place where United States has not effected, be it
“culture”, “control”, “capitalism” and the country must be FREE of U.S.
jurisdiction. No, you won’t find me – don’t bother looking!
As my best mate always says,
Tata!