I politely asked Youtube to remove a song by my old band that someone had posted without permission. They took it down but then apologized "sorry about that" and ran my business name as if "blaming me" for removing content. Really? Wow. Pretty damn impartial, huh?
Blog | July 24, 2012
Why Does Youtube Apologize to People Who Have Illegally Uploaded my Content?
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