Why Lately Are sooo Many videos being removed ??

Question

lately i am noticing alot of videos are being removed, including my own, I would just like to know if there is a reason for the constant removals.....

Answer 1

Hi Trevo2154, Are you saying that videos you believe to be non-infringing are being removed as well? If so, please provide the URL of the video, and we will look into it. A key next step is actually implementing the claim-counterclaim system that we intended originally, and once that is up, if you believe that a video is mistakenly taken down, you may file a counterclaim.

Comments

Alright here's a couple:
Salt 2010: http://stagevu.com/videocontrols/oxwicbcnvypk
Family Guy Presents, It's A Trap: http://stagevu.com/videocontrols/http://stagevu.com/videocontrols/islxlxnahrol
Shrek Forever After 2010: http://stagevu.com/videocontrols/bwklkuojxjiv
Despicable Me 2010: http://stagevu.com/videocontrols/rcyqhmividuo
Undisputed III: Redemption 2010: http://stagevu.com/videocontrols/hgjixcxgcofx

I don't Wanna Seem like a knob head it's just alot of us spent a very long time uploading these videos only to see them removed a week later......
Thanks anyway x

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I want top gear and smallville back. it was nice to have them on this website.

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If i'm missing the point just say.
All the videos you listed Trevor2154 are Copyright-infringing content.

http://stagevu.com/terms

Its all in the terms of use.
Stagevu are just protecting the site from lawsuit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_infringement

"The US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (1998) and the European E-Commerce Directive (2000) provide online intermediaries with safe harbor provisions, known as mere conduit principle in the Directive.
 (((((Online intermediaries who host content that infringes copyright are not liable, so long as they do not know about it and take actions once the infringing content is brought to their attention.)))))
 However, questions have arisen in relation to online intermediaries that are not hosts, particularly in the context of copyright infringement through peer-to-peer file sharing networks. Such intermediaries may be regarded as enabling or assisting in the downloading and uploading of files by users, and may include the writer of a peer-to-peer software, the websites that allow users to download peer-to-peer software, and in the case of the BitTorrent protocol the torrent site website and the torrent tracker. These intermediaries do not host or transmit the files that infringe copyright, though they may be considered to be "pointing to" the files. Since the late 1990s copyright holders have taken legal actions against a number of peer-to-peer intermediaries, such as Napster, Grokster, eMule, SoulSeek and BitTorrent, and case law on the liability of internet service providers (ISPs) in relation to copyright infringement has emerged primarily in relation to these cases."

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Fair enough but
wouldn't that mean that pretty much all the videos on Stagevu should be removed :S

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Only as and when that particular copyright holder lodges a DMCA notice.
Lots of films have fallen out of copyright or are in copyright 'limbo', where no-one is sure who owns it. I.e. lots of older independent films.