YOUTUBE/VIACOM AFTERMATH - Part 1: The Media Exposure

It took quite awhile longer than I'd expected. This thing got around in a big way, what with The Wall Street Journal and Yahoo! and Slashdot and Ars Technica and seemingly a jillion more outlets that covered it. Lots of people wanted to weigh in on this and for sake of objectivity I've tried my best to include everyone that I could find that raised valid arguments about this issue, regardless of which side they took. So here ya go: a (more or less) definitive reference to the published articles about the Christopher Knight/YouTube/Viacom incident. SPECIAL MENTIONS Kevin Nalty AKA "Nalts" himself provided commentary on the controversy early on with this nice video that I totally dug... "Viacom's copyright cops get carried away" - by Nick Ferrell for THE INQUIRER also deserves special recognition because this is the first time ever that I've been referred to as a "bloke". Farrell also writes that I "stood for" school board (yes this is a British publication :-) And The 12 Angry Men Blog bestowed me with the honor of "Hero of the Week" this past Friday :-) PERSONAL INTERVIEWS "'Saber man', YouTube run afoul of copyright" - by Gerald Witt for the News & Record "Viacom slaps YouTuber for behaving like Viacom" - by Cade Metz for The Register "'Star Wars Man' Runs Into Trouble with Viacom for YouTube Video" - by Chad Tucker for Fox 8 WGHP (with video) "Small Town Man: Victim or Copyright Infringer?" - by Abby Prince for WebProNews Plus Ultra Podcast Episode 5 with Tracy R. Twyman (audio interview in MP3 format) "Vindu's View: YouTube copyright fight shows fair and legal different" - by Vindu Goel for San Jose Mercury News "A tale of two videos: what's mine is mine unless you change it enough to make it yours" - by Vindu Goel for San Jose Mercury news "Followup: Chris Knight wins battle with Viacom over YouTube clip" - by Vindu Goel for San Jose Mercury News "YouTube, Viacom bow to light-sabre wielding defender of online justice" - by Cade Metz for The Register "YouTube video involving local candidate resurfaces" - by Gerald Witt for the News & Record "Chris Knight's Copyright Infringement Case Resolved" - by Abby Prince for WebProNews PUBLISHED ARTICLES BEFORE REINSTATEMENT "Viacom Says User Infringed His Own Copyright" - by Slashdot "Punishing Corporate Copyright Abusers" - by Dan Gillmor for Center for Citzen Media "YouTube yanks goofy 'Death Star' clip at Viacom's insistence" - by Russell Shaw for ZDNet.com "So by Terms of Service, you mean like a bull services a cow" - by John Murrell for SiliconValley.com "Viacom steals video, issues take down notice to the artist" - by Fair Use Day "Here's Your 15 Minutes And Your DMCA Notice" - by Jason Lee Miller for WebProNews Viacom: It's Not Copyright Infringement When We Do It" - by Kristen Nicole for Mashable "Viacom is a Big, Mean Bully" - by Kevin Nalty for Will Video For Food "Viacom Can Take Your Stuff and Copyright It" - by Evan for Uneasy Silence "Viacom runs Web video, claims copyright" - by Owen Thomas for Valleywag "Viacom says that local blogger infringed on his own copyright" - by Darkmoon for LUX.ET.UMBRA "YouTube Complies with Viacom" - by Jordan McCollum for Marketing Pilgrim "Christopher Knight's Crapolicious Copyright Case" - by roasty for Crapolicio.us "This time Viacom is accused of violating copyright" - by Greg Sandoval for CNET News.com "Chutzpah!" - by Mike Weiksner for Connected Conversations "Viacom - pokaz hipokryzji" by Antyweb (IN POLISH!) "Man posts on YouTube: Viacom steals video & then files takedown on Creator" - by Simon G Best for Groklaw "Viacom Accuses Guy Of Copyright Infringement For Showing Video Of Viacom Infringing On His Copyright" - by Mike Masnick for Techdirt "Viacom's 'bass-ackwards' screw-up: issues takedown for video it 'pirated'" - by Jacqui Cheng for Ars Technia "Viacom breaks copyright time continuum" - by DiscoZome for Unknown Worlds Forum "Viacom orders YouTube to remove a copy of their work they took from said YouTuber?" - by Sean P. Aune for TECHBLORGE.com "Is plagiarism protected by copyright law?" - by Silicon Valley Sleuth "Full-Circle Copyright Infringement" - by The J-Walk Blog "Quand c’est Viacom ce n’est pas une infraction au copyright!" - by Aziz Haddad for Mashable (IN FRENCH!) "Copyfight: Viacom runs Web video, claims copyright" - by Technology News Blog "Viacom in a copyright doomloop" - by Adriana Lukas for Media Influencer "Viacom's Chutzpah" - by Jeff for spin the cat "Viacom Dings Man For Copying His Own Video" - by Yahoo! Tech "Viacom Pulls Clip It Doesn't Necessarily Own" - by Jackson West for NewTeeVee "Viacom Accuses Copyright Owner of Copyright Infringement!" - by Mike Abundo for Inside Online Video "Misusing and Abusing Social Media and Trust" - by Laurel Papworth "Viacom's Got Big Balls" - by Bubba for Fazed "YouTube DMCA Chutzpah? Sorry, Viacom Also Entitled to Play Fair Use Game" - by Donna Bogatin for Inside Chatter "Urheberrechtsposse: Viacom vs. Knight vs. Viacom" - by Felix Knoke for Spiegel Online (IN GERMAN!) "Don't make Christopher Knight the posterboy for copyright oppression" - by Evan Brown for InternetCases.com "Say What?" - by Bob Schwartz for A South Dakota Moderate "Hypocrisy in the Copyright Infringement Debate" - by Of Zen and Computing "Viacom slammed for pulling VH-1 YouTube clip" - by Matt Chapman for vnunet.com "YouTube-Related Legal Disputes, Part I" - by Peter Lattman for The Wall Street Journal "Viacom s 'bass ackwards' screw-up issues takedown for video it 'pirated'" - by Chad Smith "Viacom: Fair Use Is What We Say It Is" - by Scott Gilbertson for Wired "For Me and Not for Thee" - by Sleepcatz "Audacity: Viacom copies YouTuber’s video w/o permission, then accuses YouTuber of infringement" - by The UTube Blog "Viacom Once Again Abusing DMCA?" - by Andy Beal for Marketing Pilgrim "The One with the double standard" - by in the key of :: T "Viacom: Direitos de autor? O que é isso?" - by OrangeEye (IN PORTUGUESE! I think...) "Indie Filmmaker in Copyright Spat With Viacom Over YouTube Clips" - by Mark Hefflinger for Digital Media Wire "Viacom demonstrates the meaning of the word 'hypocrisy'" - by Less for Stupid Evil Bastard "Can you copyright something you've nicked?" - by Dizzy for Dizzy Thinks "How to Infringe Your Own Coyright - It Happened on YouTube" - by Bogdan Popa for Softpedia "Christopher vs. Goliath" - by Tilly Gokbudak "Full-Circle Copyright" - by Bernard Goldbach "YouTube coypright conundrum" - by Software Online Guide "Copyright Infringement Goes Meta" - by Erin Simon for Maximum PC "Hvem eier en YouTube-video?" - by Electroworld (IN NORWEGIAN!) "Copywrong" - by Rob for Unconventional Wisdom "Viacom's flexible attitude toward fair use" - by Matthew Sag for Fairly Useful PUBLISHED ARTICLES AFTER REINSTATEMENT " Viacom Yields to YouTuber Who DMCA Counterclaimed" - by Slashdot "Return of the Jedi" - by Ed Cone "Amateur's Counter-Notification on Viacom Results in Clip Returning" - by Kevin Nalty for Will Video For Food "YouTube restores clip downed by Viacom" - by Nick Farrell for The Inquirer "Viacom admits mistaken DMCA notice after EFF gets involved" - by The UTube Blog "YouTube restores Viacom-banned VH-1 clip" - by Matt Chapman for vnunet.com "YouTube Reverses Course on User’s Video: Reposts It" - by Dan Gillmor for Center for Citizen Media "Don't Be Bullied By Big Business! Counter False Copyright Infringement Claims" - by Justin Hall for My PC Pros "Viacom Copyright Infringement Lifted" - by The Judge for Media Morgue "Remember that guy who got his video stolen by VH1 and Viacom had his clip taken down from Youtube? He filed a DMCA counterclaim, and won" - by reddit "School Board Candidate Beats Viacom" - by Movieweb "School Board Candidate Beats Viacom" - by contactmusic.com "YouTube restores controversial clip protested by Viacom" - by Ruben Francia for TECH.BLORGE.com "YouTube Honors Counter-Notification Versus Viacom" - by Mike Abundo for Inside Online Video "Man defeats Viacom in DMCA takedown dispute" - by vurbal for afterdawn.com "Look Before You Upload" - by John Naughton for The Observer "Fallen Star Wars Clip on YouTube Has Been Restored" - by Kristen Nicole for Mashable "School Board Candidate Beats Viacom" - by IMDB Studio Briefing "I'm Back" - by Jeffrey Starr for Not Bad Films "Campaigners who get told they don't own the rights to their own election ads" - by The Labour Humanist "A banner week for music and copyright" - by chooch for Shuroki Online "Update: good guy wins, Viacom loses" - by Mike Weiksner for Connected Conversations If there's any more that are found, I'll be sure to post them here also.