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Perhaps there needs to be a version of the Creative Commons with a group kill-switch, where if a licensee violates the terms of the license, they lose the rights to use all CC-KS works until the violations have been remedied.
[1]http://www.calawyersforthearts.org
(Disclosure: I have known a few people who worked for CLA.)
Pretty egregious, and something which one would hope you could sue Google for. In this case aiding in the infringement of Copyright because it is the Content ID system, with a borked refusal policy, that are allowing UMG to pirate the artist's music and to make a profit from it. Not only from the artist but anyone who was paying license fees to the artist are now having their video revenue get hijacked by UMG. Seems…
> Pretty egregious, and something which one would hope you could sue Google for. From the facts described, UMG is fraudulently interfering with Google's relationship with a legitimate business partner in order to commit criminal copyright infringement. Certainly, someone should be prosecuted -- by the DOJ, not just the victim -- but I don't see why Google should be the primary target (if anything, Google should be am…