I commented on a disgraceful promotion of Homeopathic Vaccines on 9am with Kim and David here -you won’t be able to watch the video, its been deleted for copyright infringement and the accounts owner suspended/deleted.
Arguments about fair use for criticism aside, it’s interesting to note that while this segment has been removed their are some 210 copyright infringing videos clearly displaying on a search for “9am kim and david”.
Monitoring the twittersphere I know that they were a handful of complaints generated about the segment to channel 10.
Seems to be a bit of a double standard that 10 is applying, chilling the source of criticism for a poorly researched, and potentially harmful show.
Perhaps Media Watch might be interested after all.
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After some of the things I have seen happen on YouTube, I find that I am not terribly surprised by this.
Is Australia trying to become the USA's 51st state? If it keeps up this crap, some idiot Republican will extend an invitation to your PM, on the conditions that you love guns and hate health care.
Will be out of luck with the guns. Last Prime Minister effectively removed our guns from us – no right to bare arms in Aus.
I'm torn. I find this sort of action by Channel 10 to be despicable. But on the other hand, the sort of homeopathic nonsense spoken about in the video is now out of harm's way. Could 10 have decided the information given was potentially harmful?
Hmmm not sure. You'd like to think they would screen a retraction or something. Like you say though the info is off the air.
Jeni Barnett-styled transcript and detailed rebuttal anyone?
I'd have a go but my typing is slow and horrible.
I would have a go myself but am juggling too many things at the moment.
Interestingly, Channel Ten's abstract of the segment includes a link to the homeopath (Endeavour) but no link to information on real medicine. As such, it looks like another Oz-TV infomercial dressed up as editorial.
I just watched the item (I had a crappy, lo-res copy but hadn't looked yet) and must say I'm disappointed in the lack of response from the vaccine specialist. He had an opportunity to condemn homeopathic immunisation as dangerous folly but didn't. So what viewers were left with was that homeopathic vaccines work, are ready to go and are much, much, much cheaper if only your government wasn't blind to reality – and this was basically countered with "real vaccines work".
I can understand copyright infringement being upheld since the posted video had no informative commentary – or parody – either of which could make it fall under fair dealing. Simply posting the video with some text comments obviously isn't enough for Youtube. The fact they haven't pursued others is irrelevant, I'd think. Just because you might let a friend borrow your car, doesn't mean you have to let everyone use it – it's still yours.
However, the fact Channel Ten pursued an infringement and take-down says a lot about their genuine interest in the discussion.
Sorry Sean, back again.
The Ten forum is on to this, including comment from Peter Bowditch. Someone has also uploaded a pdf transcript (look in the forum comments for the uploadpedia link). Forum here
Time for a little Streisand.
Sing for me Barbara:D