Photo credit: RELOCATE word written on wood block // ShutterStockMost of us uploading YouTube videos aren’t deeply invested in their continued availability. If YouTube removed our videos or relocated them to a different URL, we might be puzzled why but otherwise would probably shrug our shoulders. However, YouTube is the birthing ground for the next generation of music stars, and there’s a lot of money to be made from a successful viral YouTube video. When YouTube removes or relocates a video that an emerging star is investing in some marketing muscle to promote, it can disrupt the musician’s economic expectations–and, in theory, their hopes and dreams. Can YouTube make these remove/relocate decisions capriciously, or could it face legal liability for the decisions? Several pending lawsuits against YouTube allege that it made remove-and-relocate without sufficient justification or that YouTube’s public characterization of the remove-and-relocate…
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