Save Hatsune Miku from Mass Youtube Takedown

If you have been regularly watching your favorite VOCALOID songs on youtube, you might have noticed that some of them went missing because a certain entity/group has been filing false copyright infringement complaints and causing many of her high ranking videos to be taken down.

Japanese fans have banded together and are coordinating a mass effort (e.g. 2channel “Save Miku” campaign) to contest such destructive and ridiculous takedowns. If your own video has been taken down due to a fake report, you can contest it through the counter-notification form.

I find it quite ridiculous thing is actually happening when Hatsune Miku is featured so prominently in the Google Chrome JP campaign. Wouldn’t Youtube who is also under Google already be familiar (or have some existing policy) with the content posted revolving around Hatsune Miku.

However it also highlights a more inherent problem that once the anti-piracy laws such as the SOPA bills are in place, many of our favorite content would be taken down indiscriminately and the internet might no longer be what it used to be.