UMG claims "right to remove" YouTube videos it doesn't own

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UMG claims "right to block or remove" YouTube videos it doesn't own

Universal Music Group has responded to Megaupload's request for a temporary restraining order barring the music giant from further interference with the distribution of its "Mega Song." UMG insists that it had a right to take down the video—not under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, as Megaupload had assumed, but under a private contractual arrangement between UMG and YouTube.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news ... videos.ars

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YouTube seems to be under so many restrictions these days. A lot of videos aren't available here in the UK for that reason.