SONY demands removal of blender's "SINTEL"

[Nemrav]

We all know and love blender, the completely free animation/rendering/game-engine all in one software which is used by KSP modders regularily....

A few years ago the blender foundation released SINTEL, a short film made under CC attributes 3.0 ....

AND NOW ON YOUTUBE SONY IS CLAIMING TO OWN IT.

and of course on youtube it got categorized as copyright infringement and was taken down.... SONY doesn't even have the rights to the film... :mad:

read any of these articles : https://www.google.ca/search?q=sony+tries+to+close+sintel+on+youtube&oq=sony+tries+to+close+sintel+on+youtube&aqs=chrome..69i57.9889j1j7&sourceid=chrome&espv=2&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8

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[astropapi1]

Did Sony take any part in the development of the film?

[Nemrav]

Did Sony take any part in the development of the film?

Nope, they had absolutely nothing to do with it (and since when does a big company make an open source film ?)

[vger]

It's probably not even SONY, just a trolls exploiting Youtube's overly easy claim system.

Very similar to patent trolling. Often these trolls will even collect money from ads on videos they've put a claim on, even if the claim isn't validly theirs. And since as a youtube user, contesting a claim could lead to a court battle they can't afford, claims almost NEVER get contested. So a troll can steal money from countless videos with a near 0% chance of being caught.

[LaydeeDem]

Did Sony take any part in the development of the film?

It's an open source movie.

[TinfoilChef]

It's probably not even SONY, just a trolls exploiting Youtube's overly easy claim system.

More than that, it's probably one of the hundreds (thousands perhaps) of what I call "copyright bots" that make claims on all manner of videos.

Very similar to patent trolling. Often these trolls will even collect money from ads on videos they've put a claim on, even if the claim isn't validly theirs. And since as a youtube user, contesting a claim could lead to a court battle they can't afford, claims almost NEVER get contested. So a troll can steal money from countless videos with a near 0% chance of being caught.

I cant speak for others but I *always* dispute copyright claims and while some of those trolls can be painfully slow about it, the claims always end up being released.