The Jacob's Videos FTW.

Well, I didn't know how it would turn out - would I have to actually hire a lawyer? I wasn't sure I wanted to spend anything to defend these since they are my first videos and fairly juvenile (lol) - but still, the photos of "Jake" are all over the Internet - and now I have the opportunity to put in valid links to my more serious analysis of them.

Here's how it turned out:

From:"[YouTube] Copyright Service"

Dear [Doctor Atlantis],


In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, we've completed
processing your counter-notification regarding your videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uciBdRctcfY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-N03qlP2_8

This content has been restored and your account will not be penalized.


Sincerely,

Harry
The YouTube Team

It's the principal of the thing. I'm satisfied.

Probably not worth fighting for them... BUT

Ok - so I got my response from YouTube on the take-down notice from what I still suspect to be the fake Rick Jacobs:

Dear William,


Thank you for your counter-notification. It has been forwarded to the
party that sent the takedown notification. If we receive no response, your
material will be restored between 10 and 14 business days from today.


Sincerely,

Harry
The YouTube Team

Neat. I look forward to seeing how this turns out.

The YouTube Take-Down FIght Begins

I'm probably too late. I've just been really busy with other things, but back in July someone contacted me claiming to be Rick Jacobs. Things about the contact didn't sound very plausible, such as his (or her) calling his lawyer a "Soliciter". At any rate, shortly thereafter, YouTube took down my videos.

I've put in a counter-notification in an effort to - at a minimum - get the mark off my account. The claimant said that the issue was that I used the copyrighted bear photos -but let's be honest, my juvenile bigfoot response was itself ironically juvenile. I'd like to get my YouTube record cleared, and then get a SERIOUS posting on the matter, one with the gravitas to match all the damn work I did identifying the size of the mangy bear, interviewing biologists, talking with the PA state authorities, etc...

I'm a skeptic, that thing in the woods is almost certainly a bear, and the BFRO has been rather nasty on the whole matter IMHO. We'll see what happens. Even Loren Coleman agreed with my web-based analysis...