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== New Media ==

* The phrase "this video has been removed due to a copyright claim from *insert name of company here*" has become a well known sight on [[YouTube]], even with [[Team Four Star]], who put a disclaimer at the beginning of every episode they post. The Warner Music Group has also been responsible for taking away music from videos, saying that it's violating copyright. When the user gets hit with a copyright strike, they are sent to ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InzDjH1-9Ns YouTube Copyright School]'', an official lecture video animated by the makers of ''[[Happy Tree Friends]]'', and are forced to watch the video about copyright law and take related trivia questions.

* The phrase "this video has been removed due to a copyright claim from *insert name of company here*" has become a well known sight on [[YouTube]], even with [[Team Four Star]], who put a disclaimer at the beginning of every episode they post. The Warner Music Group has also been responsible for taking away music from videos, saying that it's violating copyright.

** Certain videos have managed to avoid this fate by claiming Fair Use.

** YouTube has come under fire for the fact that they remove videos just because of an infringement claim without investigating whether the video is Fair Use or not. YouTube, and "Content Service Providers" in general, are required by law to pull without investigation as soon as they receive proper notice, or else they themselves can be [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Sued By The Lawyers]]. Uploaders can object to cases of "mistake or misidentification", in other words claiming that the copyright owner made a mistake when it failed to see that "it's legal Fair Use, damn it!"