In an unexpected turn of events, the director of the Pirate Bay documentary TPB-AFK has sent takedown notices to YouTube requesting its removal. The director states that he sees the streaming portal as a radicalizing platform full of hate. The takedowns are not without controversy, however, as TPB-AFK was published under a Creative Commons license.

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[–] veniasilente@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Simple fact of the matter is, is that he violated his own license.

My understanding at least is that the CC does not mandate distribution, merely allows it, so I don't see how he could have violated his own license if a third party uploaded the video to youtube in violation of the license.

[–] Xanza@lemm.ee 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I don’t see how he could have violated his own license

Because he gave others irrevocable permission, without any stipulations (including what platform they uploaded his content to), to upload his content. Period. It's a contract, and as such he cannot after the fact come out and say "oh, well, I have a problem with YouTube so you can't upload my stuff on YouTube anymore" because that breaks the contract (license).

If the videos are monetized by the uploader, he has legal standing. But it's not currently known or understood if he has the legal authority to pull the content because YouTube is profiting from his content. That's up to a court to decide.

[–] veniasilente@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

But it’s not currently known or understood if he has the legal authority to pull the content because YouTube is profiting from his content. That’s up to a court to decide.

Are you telling me that this, the most obvious question of legality of profit in the entire pipeline of uploading content since around 2013, has not been considered by any court up to this year of Arceus of 2025?

Wow. Now I can begin to really understand the problem.

[–] Xanza@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago

Are you telling me that this, the most obvious question of legality of profit in the entire pipeline of uploading content since around 2013, has not been considered by any court up to this year of Arceus of 2025?

Name another movie uploaded under this exact CC license has been striken down under DMCA for the same ideological reasons... You make it sound like this court case pops up every week, and it doesn't. There's no precedence as far as I can find--which means it's not a question which can be answered with any supporting empirical evidence. It requires a court case to say definitively if its legal or not.