[Imc-uk-features] 'censorship' WAS: THIS IS VERY URGENT!!!

[Ben]

Doug wrote:
 > You getting on your high horse, and wrongly ascribing to me the  
intention
 > of publishing on YouTube, does not demonstrate any responsibility  
on your
 > part.

Quoting your post to imc-london... " This situation is unlikely to  
occur again as I intend in
future to place my videos beyond reach on other servers while continuing
to use the Newswire for text and links, which may or may not be 'hidden'
in the true sense of the word and not any other, hopefully."

So, yes, you don't specifically mention youtube but you are clearly  
threatening to publish your videos elsewhere because you don't  
respect the process that led to your video being hidden.

 > May I remind you than my video first appeared in the Newswire, was
 > promoted, someone reposted it to YouTube without my knowledge,
 > and THEN was first unticked, without informing me first, and  
subsequently
 >  removedfrom the server. So where was the need for speed in this  
case?
 > There was plenty of time when it first appeared to contact me,  
even before
 >  it was promoted. Let me guess, the need for speed only occurred  
AFTER
 > a certain member of admin suddenly felt vulnerable and complained.

Let me remind you that first hand videos of actions are routinely  
promoted
and that it's very likely that the person doing the promoting will  
not even
watch the video before promoting it. In the case of the climate camp  
this
is even more likely as much of the admin was done by people at the camp
IMC, with limited bandwidth and machines not best suited to watching  
video.

The need for speed exists from the beginning but only becomes  
apparent at the point that somebody notices an issue with the footage.

 > As for incriminating material, what could be more incriminating  
that two
 > police videographers present before, during, and after I was filming?

That's not relevant as you have no way of knowing exactly what they  
managed to get on film. The only thing that maters is what you have  
shot and what you (and indymedia) choose to publish.

I don't know (or care) what was on the video in question but I do  
feel that it is the responsibility of videographers and of indymedia  
admin to respect the concerns of those doing actions and being caught  
on video.

Ben