YouTube Begins Muting Unauthorized Copyrighted Music

Iria · Jan 14, 2009, 07:12 PM

YouTube has come up with a solution for copyrighted music in videos that doesn't involve pulling the whole video. Apparently, they've just instituted a new policy whereby they mute any copyrighted music from any unauthorized video.
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Source: Tech-Ex

YAYitsAndrew · Jan 14, 2009, 07:35 PM

This is pretty funny. I'm glad they decided to just mute audio instead of also dropping the video. I wonder if the audio is disabled by the youtube player or if they actually modified the flv. And do they keep the original?

Jan 14, 2009, 07:12 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	YouTube Begins Muting Unauthorized Copyrighted Music YouTube has come up with a solution for copyrighted music in videos that doesn't involve pulling the whole video. Apparently, they've just instituted a new policy whereby they mute any copyrighted music from any unauthorized video. ______________ Source: Tech-Ex

Jan 14, 2009, 07:35 PM	#2
YAYitsAndrew Anti-Piracy Poster Boy Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 2,605 Rep Power: 77 System Specs	Re: YouTube Begins Muting Unauthorized Copyrighted Music This is pretty funny. I'm glad they decided to just mute audio instead of also dropping the video. I wonder if the audio is disabled by the youtube player or if they actually modified the flv. And do they keep the original? __________________ "It is because the resistance to paying for copyrighted material, although often characterized as arising from a supposed technical burden or principled concern for the public interest, arises rather from exactly the same segment of the brain that is dominant in shoplifters." - Mark Helprin, Digital Barbarism In other words, it's never okay to steal even if you think you have a good reason! www.yayitsandrew.com