YouTube Lets Users Opt to Mute Copyrighted Music on Videos

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 14, 2009 - 12:59pm.

San Bruno, Calif. - Google's (NASD: GOOG) YouTube has begun offering users whose videos feature copyrighted songs a new option when a copyright holder complains, and may now choose to simply have the audio portion of the video muted while their video remains live on the site. "Previously, when a music label or other rights owner issued a copyright claim to block audio, the video was automatically taken down," the company wrote in a blog post.

"Uploaders had two choices: dispute the claim or use our AudioSwap tool to replace the track with one from our library of pre-cleared music. Now we've added an additional choice."

The affected videos feature a notice that reads: "This video contains an audio track that has not been authorized by all copyright holders. The audio has been disabled."

http://snipurl.com/a2d77 (TechCrunch)

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10142694-93.html

http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=OfKTmZK6uto (example)

Published in DMW Daily, January 14, 2009

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We all as a community ain't nuthin' to fuck with !

Submitted by rtdsdfsygf (not verified) on January 15, 2009 - 3:06am.

If you bump into a muted video on youtube, post this comment: 'We love music! We can't stand by silently while the music industry continues its decades-long effort to lock up our culture! If you think that it sucks that audio had to be disabled here BOYCOTT MUSIC INDUSTRY! - Only buy audio-cds second-hand from now on (Use amazon's second-hand section or ebay from apparently private persons) - Don't download from online music stores anymore - Support self-marketing bands - Spread this message here on every muted video you encounter'