A1985 gift to Jobs meets 2012 copyright law

摘要

Last week we learned that not even reverence for the memory of Steve Jobs can nrotect a YouTiihe video from a coovrieht wielding entertainment industry behemoth. We also learned that the blocking of such videos can work in strange and mysterious ways. The background: A video tribute produced by Apple employees in 1985 for Jobs to celebrate his 30th birthday, first widely circulated on news sites and blogs after his death last October, was recently yanked off of YouTube by Sony Music Entertainment.