Haley Reinhart's most-viewed video (and others) removed for copyright violations

[Miguel]

The copyright infringement claim was made by CKx, Inc., a publicly traded corporation. They describe themselves like this:

CKx, Inc. is engaged in the ownership, development and commercial utilization of entertainment content. To date, we have focused on acquiring globally recognized entertainment content and related assets, including the rights to the name, image and likeness of Elvis Presley, the operations of Graceland, the rights to the name, image and likeness of Muhammad Ali and proprietary rights to the IDOLS television brand, including the American Idol series in the United States and local adaptations of the IDOLS television show format which, collectively, air in over 100 countries around the world. We plan to continue to make strategic acquisitions of, or partner or align with, companies or individuals that control various forms of established entertainment content, which may include intellectual property rights in music, film, television programming, written works and characters, rights to names, images and likenesses, video games, corporate brands and other related assets.

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The videos removed were all posted by the same user. That person also posted videos of other Idols. "This account has been suspended due to multiple or severe violations of YouTube's Copyright Policy." A search for that account name turns up 150,000 hits on Google. Let's hope they don't go after the smaller fry.