I mentioned yesterday that felon, cheat, liar, fraud, huckster, swindler Kent Hovind gets videos exposing his lies removed from YouTube. More from the Bad Astronomer:
There’s only one small problem: Hovind has said in the past that his videos are not copyrighted! * So why would he then turn around and say they are copyrighted? Why, to illegally silence his critics, of course!
*Note: the video linked shows a Hovind web page which explicitly says the materials are not copyrighted; that statement has now been changed to say all materials unless explicitly stated are copyrighted. Revisionism, anyone?
CSE has sent YouTube many of these notices, and YouTube has been responding by suspending the accounts of the users. I don’t blame YouTube for this; they have to take down the videos until they can determine what’s what. It’s Hovind’s group that’s the real decaying rot of society here. JanieBelle has details of the first shot across the bow by Hovind’s noisome cult, when RabidApe was suspended from YouTube. And now she has the goods on their suspension of the Rational Response Squad (NSFW language on both links; in fact, in most of the links in this post). The RRS says this is a felony, since Hovind’s group is making multiple false copyright claims.
A creationist like Hovind breaking the law? Heaven forbid!
Oh wait. He’s already in prison for a felony. Silly me.
It’s not so much the felonious actions that tick me off (though the upside is that they are actionable) as it is the wanton and horrifying misuse of the law to silence critics. They must know what they are doing is wrong and illegal. As I’ve said before, I guess, for creationists, the Ninth Commandment is optional.
Here is an RRS video on the topic (hosted by Janie, since RRS is suspended).
Here is another video made by RRS and hosted by Revver, just in case:
If you have a blog, and any sense of reality and decency, spread the word. Link to Janie, link to RRS, or host the videos above on your own site.
We must not let felonious, lying, evil men like Kent Hovind win.
I’ve always considered Kent Hovind and his gang at Creation Science Evangelism as the embodiment of evil. His group’s actions just confirm that.
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Thanks for helping to spread the word.
Kisses!
No problem. My tens of readers could tip the balance, not to mention the people on Planet Atheism who might pick it up.
I read your comment about YouTube videos on WP (my comment is still in moderation there).
I’m not sure if it works on self hosted blogs but there’s an easier way for WP.com blogs. Can’t hurt to try it…
Lookie here
The short version is [ “http://youtube.com/w/?v=_dIya1aJJKA”] (without the space, of course)
(assuming that WP doesn’t try to parse that and just dump it)
Ack.
There should be a
youtube=
between the first square bracket and the quote marks.
Kisses
I’ll have to give that a try. I got my solution by doing a search of the Wordpress support site, but never did see this option.
Nope, doesn’t work on a self-hosted site. It probably requires a plug in. I may search for it later.