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#10 Top Story of 2007

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.

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4 Responses to “#10 Top Story of 2007”

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

    Posted by No, really, I'm serious | 31. Dec, 2007, 9:58 AM
  2. “What would it take to set up an independent TV station in St. Louis?”

    Ask the Roberts brothers?

    Posted by Eric | 31. Dec, 2007, 5:39 PM
  3. I like that! Full of shit. Way to go Antonio

    Posted by Anonymous | 01. Jan, 2008, 9:39 AM
  4. follow the FCC rules, tap the bloggers network and plan for the longterm and start with radio

    Posted by Anonymous | 01. Jan, 2008, 4:06 PM

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