So this was an amusing development. Many of you enjoyed my recent video where I shared the "Trashing Our Rights" game involving handcuffs, a diskette, and a bin.
As you would have seen, the very start of my YouTube video involved a clip from the movie Hackers where a handcuffed Dade Murphy tosses a yellow floppy into a trash can before being put into an FBI cruiser and ultimately shouts "Hack the planet!" from the open rear window. Classic.
After uploading, I found my channel facing a copyright claim. But NOT for the reason you might think. 😏
No, it was not United Artists who hit me with a copyright claim. It was a music artist whom almost no one has ever heard of, Bassbasher, who put out a track simply called "Hacker" a few years ago...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljZ4i7h-aDg
... and then they (or, more likely, their record label's automated IP system) attempted to assert ownership of all material in their track. Including the clip from the film Hackers.
I submitted a dispute and (In a rare victory for sanity and reason) prevailed. Do we think that their record label, Believe Music, will face any repercussions? Probably not. But, hey, at least it feels good to stand up and actually win in a situation where odds are (usually) tilted well against the little guy. 👍
