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YouTube, the Ig Nobel Prizes, and the Year 1914

YouTube's notorious takedown algorithms are blocking the video of the
2021 Ig Nobel Prize ceremony.

We have so far been unable to find a human at YouTube who can fix
that. We recommend that you watch the identical recording on Vimeo.

The Fatal Song

[John_McCormack][John_McCormack]

This is a photo of John McCormack, who sang the song "Funiculi,
Funicula" in the year 1914, inducing YouTube to block the 2021 Ig
Nobel Prize ceremony.

Here's what triggered this: The ceremony includes bits of a recording
(of tenor John McCormack singing "Funiculi, Funicula") made in the
year 1914.

The Corporate Takedown

YouTube's takedown algorithm claims that the following corporations
all own the copyright to that audio recording that was MADE IN THE
YEAR 1914: "SME, INgrooves (on behalf of Emerald); Wise Music Group,
BMG Rights Management (US), LLC, UMPG Publishing, PEDL, Kobalt Music
Publishing, Warner Chappell, Sony ATV Publishing, and 1 Music Rights
Societies"

UPDATE (Sept 13): There's an ongoing discussion, in Hacker News,
about this problem.

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Posted by Marc Abrahams on Monday, September 13th, 2021 at 9:25 am
under Arts and Science, Ig Nobel.

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