[Misto]

All my Cats videos have been deleted after a warining from youtube:

"Dear Member:

This is to notify you that we have removed or disabled access to the following material as a result of a third-party notification by Actors Equity Association claiming that this material is infringing:

Wicked - September 23rd 2006 Monatge: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =k8Z7KhPJ5DQ

Please Note: Repeat incidents of copyright infringement will result in the deletion of your account and all videos uploaded to that account. In order to avoid future strikes against your account, please delete any videos to which you do not own the rights, and refrain from uploading additional videos that infringe on the copyrights of others. For more information about YouTube's copyright policy, please read the Copyright Tips guide.

If you elect to send us a counter notice, to be effective it must be a written communication provided to our designated agent that includes substantially the following (please consult your legal counsel or see 17 U.S.C. Section 512(g)(3) to confirm these requirements):

(A) A physical or electronic signature of the subscriber.

(B) Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled.

(C) A statement under penalty of perjury that the subscriber has a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled.

(D) The subscriber's name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that the subscriber consents to the jurisdiction of Federal District Court for the judicial district in which the address is located, or if the subscriberis address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which the service provider may be found, and that the subscriber will accept service of process from the person who provided notification under subsection (c)(1)(C) or an agent of such person.

Such written notice should be sent to our designated agent as follows:

DMCA Complaints
YouTube, Inc.
1000 Cherry Ave.
Second Floor
San Bruno, CA 94066
Email: copyright@youtube.com

Please note that under Section 512(f) of the Copyright Act, any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification may be subject to liability.

Sincerely,
YouTube, Inc."

Nothing more to say on it, so please don't message me asing me why....

[littlgriz]

im sorey misto thats terebul

[Pounce]

We need a video hosting service in Nigeria or any other country that doesn't respect copyright law.

But really, I understand the holders' desire to protect their copyrighted material but if anything, it increases my interest rather than satiate or diminish it. Besides, we probably will never again have an opportunity to see Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel together in Wicked . Shows are never repeats of what was done earlier. Seeing clips of shows like CATS doesn't mean "we've seen it already". I just wish we could find some middle ground. Seeing nothing but "home movies" on youtube or the any of the other video hosting services will make it dull.

[Drumdraper]

I know what you mean Pounce. How else are we going to see some of these rare clips? I mean if it was an entire show or movie they had on Youtube then they should flag it, but something rare and not seen anymore should be allowed on.

[LHSTrombone]

Hell...I just went looking for them and gone... I got really upset. GOD DAMN YOU GOOGLE!