The future is here today: you can't play Bach on Youtube because Sony says they own his compositions
by Cory Doctorow from on (#3Y69S)
James Rhodes, a pianist, performed a Bach composition for his Youtube channel, but it didn't stay up -- Youtube's Content ID system pulled it down and accused him of copyright infringement because Sony Music Global had claimed that they owned 47 seconds' worth of his personal performance of a song whose composer has been dead for 300 years. (more")