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15 Year Old Issues Spoof Takedown to YouTube

A 15 year old Australian schoolboy said he represented ABC Television and sent documentation to YouTube demanding they take down all episodes of "The Chaser's War on Everything", a comedy satire show on ABC which carries out this kind of prank itself.... This is a great prank, to be sure, but it's a little worrying that YouTube is performing absolutely no checks to prevent this kind of thing.

YoutubecensorIf we needed further proof that YouTube will cave to anyone, here it is.

A 15 year old Australian schoolboy said he represented ABC Television and sent documentation to YouTube demanding they take down all episodes of "The Chaser's War on Everything", a comedy satire show on ABC which carries out this kind of prank itself.

YouTube complied and started sending out infringement notices to users.

This is a great prank, to be sure, but it's a little worrying that YouTube is performing absolutely no checks to prevent this kind of thing.

Teen apologises over ABC YouTube sham [NineMSN]