“YouTube Rejects Uebert Angel Request To Remove Gold Mafia Video, Closes His Account”

Zimbabwe Special Envoy and Ambassador at Large to Europe and the Americas Uebert Angel has reportedly failed in his attempt to have YouTube remove “Gold Mafia” content from several accounts. The preacher has also got his Youtube channel closed by the Google Alphabet owned company following the release of Gold Mafia documentary.

According to Team Pachedu, “YouTube refused to be bulldozed” into removing the content by Angel but “instead, YouTube has now closed Uebert Angel’s main YouTube channel UebertAngelGNW.” Added Team Pachedu:

Google has terminated Uebert Angel’s YouTube account for violating the Terms of Service.

Uebert has been filing multiple DMCA copyright claims on YouTube accounts that reported on the Gold Mafia, but Google has been insisting on the fair usage policy.

Team Pachedu also published a letter written by YouTube addressed to Angel giving reasons why they refused to remove the content from the platform. Reads the letter:

Hi Uebert Angel,

We are concerned that your copyright notification may not be valid for some or all of the videos identified in your notification.

Please keep in mind that in many countries, it is legal to use copyrighted works in specific ways without the owner’s authorization, particularly for transformative purposes such as news reporting, parody, commentary, or review.

Some countries protect such uses under doctrines of “fair use” or “fair dealing,” while others allow for specific exceptions to copyright protection.

If you still believe your copyright is infringed by the YouTube video(s) identified in your notification, please explain in detail why you think so.

We ask that you provide more detail than was included in your initial notice. Here are questions you may wish to consider:

How much of your copyrighted work is used? How is the market for your original work affected by this use? Does this use significantly transform your original work, or does it serve the same purpose? Does this use fall into an exception to copyright protection? Please note that we may share your response with the uploader(s).