Mitt Romney Ad Reinstated on YouTube

After a puzzling takedown of a Mitt Romney campaign ad on YouTube by BMG, the video was re-instated after many sources (including us) covered the incident. Still, while the problem seems resolved, many questions remain about the nature of the takedown. We’d like to follow-up the previous story about BMG taking down an ad put together by Mitt Romney . The video has now been re-instated. Unfortunately, no explanation was given about the nature of this particular takedown. From Arstechnica: “When we’re notified that a particular video uploaded to our site infringes another’s copyright, we remove the material in accordance with the law,” a YouTube spokeswoman told Ars by email. “We have a counter notification process in place if a user believes a content owner has misidentified their video, and we reinstate content if a user prevails in that process.

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Mitt Romney Ad Reinstated on YouTube

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