Comments on: Olympic committee rethinks copyright infringement claim on YouTube

The International Olympic Committee has withdrawn its request for YouTube to remove a Tibetan protest video over copyright issues.

[Pete Bardo]

Wow! Just shows how flawed the DMCA is. Why would IOC complain about this video? And what copyright did they claim had been violated? More curiously, why would YouTube comply with the request? Why is it that the content must be removed when the request is received with no chance for the posting party to respond first? It's getting crazy out there!

[victor_sf]

By naming the video "Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony" they are actually putting the label "Olympics" on something that the "owners" of the label might not agree with. Think of it this way - you search for "Linux" in YouTube and you find a clip named "Linus Torlvalds Gives A Speech About Linux" in which you actually see Steve Balmer bragging about Word 2.0 without a mention of Linux... Even rms has the opinion that names, diaries, etc. should not be completely free for everybody to play with.

[The_Decider]

Olympics shouldn't be copyright-able.

[The_Decider]

The DMCA is unconstitutional and YouTube and others should file a lawsuit to that end.

If a notice is given, then nothing should happen without a chance for response by the alleged violator. The law as it is written offers little protection against abuse.

[ianbetteridge]

I would bet that someone charged with monitoring YouTube at the IOC took one look at the title, didn't bother to watch the video, and put in motion the DMCA request.