Originally published at: Two men charged in YouTube ContentID scam | Boing Boing
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I’m shocked, SHOCKED, that a quasi-legal system cobbled together by a megacorp had easily exploitable loopholes in it.
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A.R.? I’m guessing they were trying to pose as Atlantic Records.
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Well at least they weren’t A&R - that lot are notoriously hit and miss.
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But the ads running on YouTube are never scams… no. never.
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I’m only surprised they were so easily exploitable by someone who wasn’t a megacorp.
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My guess (and it is only a guess) is that the music rights business is pretty murky and it wasn’t difficult to set up a bunch of shell companies that didn’t look any dodgier than shell companies that really do own the rights to thousands of songs.
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I guess I have a high tolerance for short ads-- but recently, youtube has been serving up 30 minute seminars…
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