Yahoo Takes Things Too Far, Again

Yahoo Takes Things Too Far, Again

April 7th, 2008

Does anyone really think Yahoo is worth anything anymore? Seriously? Let’s think about this. What was the last original idea to come out of Yahoo?

[scene from Ferris Bueller's Day Off is shown here]

Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?

It seems the only thing “original” coming out of Yahoo is in the form of threats. If you haven’t heard, TechCrunch is reporting that Yahoo has removed a video posted by Loren Feldman because of a complaint from Scorpio Music. Here is the video:

Apparently, Scorpio Music sent a DCMA notice to Yahoo, and Yahoo pulled the video from their server. The complaint claims that the video infringes on copyrighted material they control. Yahoo also threatened to take further action against Feldman. WTF? The puppets sang a line from YMCA, isn’t that considered fair use? It’s not like anyone was caught holding a box cutter or anything.

To answer your questions, Yes, the video was a parody. That was not really the construction guy from the Village People. No, the complaint was not a parody. You can read the complaint at TechCrunch. Yes, it was stupid. The whole situation is stupid. Oh, and you can see more at interviews from Shel Israel at shelisrael.com

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