The Creation Science Evangelism Ministries is responsible for the copyright complaints. It was founded by the now-imprisoned tax evader, Kent Hovind. While the videos offered by the Rational Response Squad may have contained quotes or arguments made by Creationists, the Creation Science Evangelism Ministries' websites state, "none of the materials ... are copyrighted, so feel free to copy these and distribute them freely."
This shows a major problem with the current state of the DMCA that has been felt by many many video uploaders; it puts the responsibly on the accused parties to show that its material is non-infringing after a DMCA takedown notice is complied with. For U.S. citizens that are somehow unaware or users from other territories around the world, there is a constant battle in the U.S. between proponents of Evolutionary Theory and Creationism (or as its now commonly known, Intelligent Design or I.D.).
Creationism (or I.D.) is the belief that a higher power (God) created human beings and all the life on Earth (as well as the Earth and Universe) a few thousand years ago. Evolution is a theory that the process of "natural selection" lead from single-cell life forms which formed over 4 billion years ago on an early Earth and slowly developed to complex life such as humans. The online video revolution is a major host of the debate.
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Wired blog
Written by: James Delahunty @ 23 Sep 2007 19:14
