Copyright?The other day I went to Feds' YouTube channel to watch a programme Seven Sharp did on Filipino workers. I wanted to check something but I encountered a dead site with a stark warning that Mediaworks had shut it down for 'copyright violation'.
Mediaworks are the people behind 3News, Campbell
Live and even RadioLive. As this sounded serious I did some checking and, sure as eggs, someone at Mediaworks is upset that Feds has copied interviews involving Feds onto Feds' own YouTube channel.
So let me get this straight. If TV3 interviews you as a farmer, something that can cut a big hole in your day and you then copy that interview onto your Facebook or personal YouTube and Mediworks finds out, they will likely 'terminate' your account.
Does this sound slightly heavy-handed? Apparently Feds had no 'or else' email or letter from Mediaworks. I knew Mediaworks had financial problems but you cannot tell me someone killing YouTube videos is paying for itself as compared with the bad PR.
If they think they're preserving online ad revenue, they're not. Once news has been and gone you'd be lucky to find it by searching either of the news channels online. Think trying to find the haystack the needle is in, while Feds had done a great job pulling together news clips that linked back to 3News, including even the reporter's name. That is now 'terminated'.
