“as a result of a third-party notification by British Broadcasting Corporation”

As Horseman has noticed in the comments zone here, it looks like we’ll not be allowed to use clips from BBC NI programmes anymore. Apparently the BBC are complaining about breach of copyright. Here’s a copy of one of the notifications I’ve received.

Dear Member: This is to notify you that we have removed or disabled access to the following material as a result of a third-party notification by British Broadcasting Corporation claiming that this material is infringing: “not an acceptable way of doing this”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swOuk2JRZ6c

Please Note: Repeated incidents of copyright infringement will result in the deletion of your account and all videos uploaded to that account. In order to prevent this from happening, please delete any videos to which you do not own the rights and refrain from uploading additional videos that infringe on the copyrights of others. For more information about YouTube’s copyright policy, please read the Copyright Tips guide.

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