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[alfredofroylan]

2 years ago some US embassies faced protests against a film on Youtube called "Innocence of muslims" here's the thread about that. well a couple of days ago two judges ruled that every copy of that video shoul be taken down from Youtube, but the order had nothing to do with religion.

Google is fighting a court order that requires it to take down all copies of inflammatory anti-Islam video "Innocence of Muslims." On Thursday, the company filed an emergency motion that would allow it to keep the video available until a final decision is made in a copyright case involving one of the film's actresses. Earlier this week, two judges from the Ninth Circuit declared that Cindy Lee Garcia, who played a bit part in what she believed was a film called "Desert Warrior," would likely succeed in her attempt to sue Google and YouTube for copyright infringement and could suffer irreparable harm if it was left up.

The case against Google and YouTube hinges on when an actor can hold a copyright over their performance, as well as whether keeping the video up poses a substantial threat to Garcia. In most cases, subjects of a video have given either implied or explicit consent to appear, ceding any copyright. But in this case, Judge Alex Kozinski said that "Innocence of Muslims" bore so little resemblance to the intended product that she could reasonably say she had never consented to appearing, and that since she had received death threats as soon as it was discovered on YouTube, there was a real threat to bodily harm — something that appeared to heavily inform Kozinski's decision to order a temporary ban as the case proceeded.

http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/28/5...of-muslims-takedown-order-in-copyright-battle

 

[Messofanego]

But Google argues this sets a dangerous precedent. "Under the panel's rule, minor players in everything from Hollywood films to home videos can wrest control of those works from their creators, and service providers like YouTube will lack the ability to determine who has a valid copyright claim," it says.

Actors in the film have said that their performances were selectively edited and redubbed in order to turn a nonsensical script into a would-be exposé of Islam.

A person suing a film for misleading and not knowing what the true intent of the movie was, and receiving death threats leads Google to jump to those conclusions?

This seems like a case by case thing.

And I thought you were allowed to report videos for promoting hatred and discrimination and have them taken down after enough outcry, which is not specific to this case but what Google is jumping to.

It's also generally accepted that actors can only own the parts of a work that they are responsible for creating, and Google argues that by this token, the court shouldn't lump the whole video in with the few seconds Garcia appears.

But it's not just her, it's the other actors too.

 

[Smellycat]

Oh I saw the headline a couple of days ago and thought it was a little weird and 2 years too late. But it turns out that this has nothing to do with religion.

 

[jerry1594]

Tea Party: Obama is a Muslim. He's going to shuttle in 50 million Muslims in 2014 and give them passports. #Benghazi