(Image from: Lawyers by Sygnin on Deviant Art)
Despite my best efforts to the contrary, I managed to steer the "USS Stern Rake Studio" into legal tepid water. The tempurature isn't "hot," at least not yet, anyway. After a ten-month hiatus, due to attending a popular fiction course, amicable divorce and subsequent move into a new home, I finally got around to checking my YouTube account.
To my surprise, I discovered GoDigital filed a copyright dispute against seven, out of twenty-one of my movies. I never heard of these folks, let alone have any dealings with them--until now. In response, I challenged their claim, because, I thought, I only used license-free music that I purchased from other sources.
Within hours of hitting send, the folks at YouTube sided with GoDigital and replied to my challenge:
All content owners have reviewed your video and confirmed their claims to some or all of its content.
Okay, so now what do I do?
No action is required on your part. Your video is still available worldwide. In some cases ads may appear next to your video.
Well, that's nice to know, but what does this mean about my movies' status?
Please note that the video's status can change, if the policies chosen by the content owners change. You may want to check back periodically to see if you have new options available to you.
While it doesn't sound like I'll be fined or sued, the following titles may one day be used as on-line billboards for GoDigital, or stricken from YouTube's roster: Duel of the Demigods; Mayhem in Makassar Strait, Parts 4-6; Preparing for Battle at Enfilade 09; Impending Fury and my very first show, The Road to Eggmuehl.
Oh well. At least three good things came out of all this: I discovered Sygnin's work, joined Deviant Art and posted the link on to this site...
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