Web Sheriff

You may have noticed that my last post was paid a visit by Web Sheriff on behalf of the legal team of whichever recording company Bob Dylan used to produce his Christmas album. I think it's Sony, but Dylan usually works with Columbia and I don't know what's going on with mergers anymore. Apparently the youtube video I posted was not the officially licensed video which can be found at Dylan's myspace page. I was not asked officially to take it down, so I won't until it becomes inactive.

If you haven't figured it out already, Web Sheriff is a real company hired usually by entertainment giants to protect against copyright violations on the internet, usually by means of take-down issuances. I think the fact that Dylan's Christmas album is for charity makes this less of a copyright violation and more of a free plug to the many thousands of readers I have which is why I think a take down notice was not issued.

My policy on using youtube, skremmr, and grooveshark will not change as a result of this visit. Commence dancing in the streets.