Sony Demands Removal of Open-Source Indie Short ‘Sintel’ From YouTube [Updated]

Thu, 22 May 2014 23:26:18 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<http://www.cartoonbrew.com/ideas-commentary/sony-demands-removal-of-open-source-indie-short-sintel-from-youtube-98182.html>

"Sony Pictures has demanded the removal of the CGI short film Sintel
from YouTube due to a claim of copyright infringement. One small
problem: they don’t actually own anything in the film."

Yet another example of the damage caused by the
"shoot-first-ask-questions-later" copyright system.

Via Erik de Castro Lopo.

Cheers,
        *** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net                   Andrew Pam
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http://www.sericyb.com.au/                Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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