1) Guy makes funny video. Posts it to YouTube.
2) Viacom's VH1 show Web Junk 2.0 uses dude's video without notifying or compensating him.
3) Dude is nevertheless tickled pink to see that his video is on TV. He records the Web Junk segment featuring his video, and posts it to YouTube.
4) Viacom, apparently trying to rip a hole in the fabric of the universe, sends a take-down notice to Google claiming this new video infringes upon their copyrighted material.
5) Google complies.
Let's Review (this quote is straight from the dude's mouth): "Viacom used my video without permission on their commercial television show, and now says that I am infringing on THEIR copyright for showing the clip of the work that Viacom made in violation of my own copyright!"
Techdirt has extra link-y goodness and some spot-on commentary I won't reproduce here.
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