12-02-2015 13:33 via feeds.theguardian.com

No, that cat purring on YouTube isn't infringing music copyright

Hour-long track of cat purring triggers YouTube’s Content ID system, but it’s definitely not a feline cover version of Focus trackCats and copyright infringement: two of the internet’s most popular pursuits ... together at last! Except in this case, the copyright infringement has turned out to be a red herring.The cause was an hour-long, audio-only YouTube video of a cat purring, uploaded in March 2014 by a user named Digihaven. With less than 3,000 views, it was very much in the long (fur
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