Wael Abbas’ YouTube channel suspended [UPDATED - 29 Nov 07]

Posted on November 22, 2007 by Sameer Padania

News just in from Hossam El-Hamalawy…:
I’ve just received the following message from blogger and friend Wael Abbas…
disaster: youtube disables my account claiming there were complaints about my police torture videos!!!
This is un-bloody-believable. YouTube has just disabled probably the most important channel for the Egyptian blogosphere. Wael’s videos have been central in the fight against [...]

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Fair use in UGC / Legal threats database

Posted on November 7, 2007 by Sameer Padania

The Citizen Media Law Project has come out with two excellent resources in the last week, both of which are going to be tools for the Hub:
1. “A report entitled “Fair Use Principles for User Generated Video Content” that sets out six guidelines designed to minimize the collateral damage that copyright enforcement efforts may inflict [...]

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