Posted on 05/14/2007 1:56:36 PM PDT by antiRepublicrat
YouTube has restored a video critical of hip-hop star Akon posted by columnist Michelle Malkin after Universal Music Group issued a DMCA takedown notice to the video aggregation site. The saga began about a week and a half ago, when Malkin criticized Verizon for its sponsorship of Akon after a video of the performer dry-humping a 15-year-old girl at a concert in Trinidad surfaced.
In her post, Malkin embedded an episode of her Hot Air show from YouTube. The episode was highly critical of Akon, and a few hours later, it had vanished. It was replaced by the now-all-too-familiar infringement message from YouTube, citing a "copyright claim by Universal Music Group."
Malkin's clip contained footage from the Trinidad concert, along with footage of Akon performing on American Idol and clips from some of his music videos. That was apparently enough to get UMG's attention. Despite the fact that Malkin's use of the video is clearly covered by fair use, the media giant said that Malkin's video infringed its copyright and used the DMCA to force YouTube to take it down.
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Thought this might be of special interest to FReepers, since they were trying to shut up Michelle Malkin for criticizing the deplorable actions of their rapper.
Typical Hip hop / rap culture ping
I don’t think Akon is our rapper. Or anyother rapper for that matter.
You’re right, “they” should have been “the label” to make it more clear.
“dry humping” (ewww) doesn’t even begin to describe the violent attack on that girl. I hope her parents have the money and wherewithal to hire a shark of an attorney and go after that animal for every penny he’s worth. I would.
Rap music and rap music videos or other music and music videos that objectify and exploit women as nothing more that sexual boy toy sex objects will stop when we women decide to stop being sexual boy toy sex objects.
If you go around looking and acting like a “nappy headed ‘ho” whether you are Black, Asian, Latino or White, you can’t expect to be treated like anything else but.
I think gals like Paris Hilton and Lindsey what’s her name and the dead chick
Anna Nicole have done more to promote that stereotype than the Rutgers woman’s basketball team ever did. At least the women of Rutgers woman’s basketball had talent.
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