Viacom's "bass-ackwards" screw-up: issues takedown for video it "pirated"
 

*Source: Ars Technica (http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...nt-loop.html)*
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Viacom's copyright battle with YouTube took an interesting turn this week, as the company has found itself in the embarrassing position of having highlighted the possibly that it committed a little "for-profit" copyright infringement of its own (some would call it "piracy"). Viacom effectively pointed the finger at itself when the company tried to get a Web Junk 2.0 clip removed from YouTube, only to end up exposing the fact that Viacom's VH1 unit had not obtained permission to use the source video that is featured in the clip. Dizzy yet?

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