[NCUC-DISCUSS] Olympics in copyright trouble

[Grace Mutung'u (Bomu)]

So there are times when intermediaries pull down content based on third
party complaints? I was always under the impression that there had to be
court order.
Curious to know who requested the take down.

2015-09-21 21:19 GMT+03:00 Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com>:

> (snigger)
>
>
> http://www.worldipreview.com/news/beijing-olympics-song-removed-by-youtube-after-copyright-complaints-8714
>
> ​YouTube has removed an official song for the Beijing 2022 Winter
> Olympics due to “multiple third-party” complaints of copyright infringement.
>
> The song, called “The Ice and Snow Dance”, had come under fire after
> various reports and YouTube users said it sounded too similar to “Let it
> Go”, a song featured in Disney’s 2013 hit film “Frozen”.
> Instead of showing the video, a YouTube search for the Olympics song now
> displays a notice <https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=112&v=48EojfCjQhk> stating
> that the “YouTube account associated with this video has been terminated
> due to multiple third-party notifications of copyright infringement”.​
>
>
>
> http://www.worldipreview.com/news/tokyo-olympics-logo-scrapped-after-copyright-claim-8800
>
> The logo for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games has been ditched
> following an allegation that it infringed copyright belong to a Belgian
> artist.
>
> <snip>
>
> The emblem, created by designer Kenjiro Sano, has a black block in the
> middle of a square shape with curved triangles in two corners. It also
> features a red circle similar to that on the Japanese flag.
>
> Belgian designer Olivier Debie claimed that the design was similar to a
> logo that he designed for theatre company Théâtre de Liège
> <http://theatredeliege.be/> in 2013.
>
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