There are millions of videos up on YouTube, but thousands have also been removed, and not always with the owner's permission. If any footage online can be accused of copyright violation YouTube will take it down, whether or not the accusation was justified. I did report on one of this kind of incident last September, when Viacom had Chris Knight's video removed, after claiming his footage as its own. Stealing anyone? If Viacom and company can, so can we, right?
YouTomb, a research project by the MIT Free Culture student group, tracks the top videos removed from the service for copyright violation, and retains the metadata about the videos so we, the public, can make our own decision about whether the removal was justified or not.
Free Culture -- what a great name and service! I appreciate it VERY MUCH!
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