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  • Surely we aren't that stupid

    • Silicon.com: ‘The UK Cabinet Office has been forced to pull one of the public service videos it published on YouTube due to copyright violation.’
    • Youtube: ‘This video has been removed at the request of copyright owner COI Television because its content was used without permission.’
    • COI: ‘COI’s Chief Executive reports to the Minister for the Cabinet Office.’

    Responses

    1. Peter Henley

      Very neat! So what do you think the real reason is?

    2. SimonD

      Er, between you and me… ‘stupid’ is currently my odds-on favourite. It’s one of those things it’s easy to forget; and I’m sure ‘YouTube rights’ weren’t exactly discussed in the course of sourcing the footage. But seriously, if you’re going to do something as (potentially) high-profile as this, with inevitable scrutiny, you’d think they would have checked. It doesn’t ultimately say a lot for transformational government.