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Posted on 31 December 2007 by Antonio D. French

KSDK Chickens Out Then Tries to Shut Down PubDef

On September 18, Multimedia KSDK, Inc. filed a complaint with YouTube about our posting of a video contrasting a September 13 story by reporter Mike Owens which ended with a promise to air a tape of an allegedly crooked real estate seller “saying he makes regular payments of cash to the local alderman” with their September 14 follow-up story that makes no mention of the allegation.

YouTube suspended our account and took all 500 of our videos off-line. We filed a counter-notification with YouTube charging that KSDK was full of shit and our usage of their video clearly falls under the “Fair Use” doctrine.

We won. Our videos were restored, PubDef lives on and KSDK continues to protect the status quo.

4 Comments For This Post

  1. No, really, I'm serious Says:

    What would it take to set up an independent TV station in St. Louis?

  2. Eric Says:

    “What would it take to set up an independent TV station in St. Louis?”

    Ask the Roberts brothers?

  3. Anonymous Says:

    I like that! Full of shit. Way to go Antonio

  4. Anonymous Says:

    follow the FCC rules, tap the bloggers network and plan for the longterm and start with radio

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