At the same time, the media group provided YouTube with documents confirming the rights to the content, but the video hosting “ignored” these arguments, it noted.
“We hope that the administration of the service made this decision as a result of their opponent misleading them, and not as part of ideological censorship,” the Russian Media Group added.
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In the message, she called herself a “patriotic media holding” and emphasized that she was engaged in “propaganda of Russian culture and the Russian language.” It noted that the blocking of the Youtube channel of Russian Radio “deprives millions of Web users of important content for them.”
The Russian Media Group hopes that the video hosting administration will restore both accounts. It added that they reserve the right to apply to Roskomnadzor due to “an act of censorship and illegal restriction of freedom of speech by an American company” for Russian citizens.
“This is a standard copyright dispute, when several complaints (strike) from third parties led to the temporary blocking of the two mentioned channels,” Youtube press service told RBC.
Representatives of the video hosting specified that after receiving complaints of copyright infringement, channels can send counter notifications, and if the complainant does not go to court within 10 working days, both accounts will be restored.
“YouTube never acts as an arbitrator in cases of copyright infringement, but only provides technical means for the exchange of communication information between the parties,” the press service emphasized.