muley

I had filmed a short with a great costumer and actor, Steven Kirk, called "SuperMule VS. General Zod," and under the video had the theme from the Superman movies.

I'm sure I doubt that Warner Brothers sits and chases down videos on youtube that uses their themes. Heck, there are a million videos with that theme on there. It is, after all, the greatest theme of all time.

I think someone is sabotaging me. But, here is what I got from youtube today:

Subject: A copyright owner has claimed content in one of your videos
From: no_reply@youtube.com
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:10:20 -0800

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Dear kevinmule,
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A copyright owner has claimed it owns some or all of the audio content in your video SuperMule vs. General Zod. The audio content identified in your video is Theme From Superman by Superman I Soundtrack. We regret to inform you that your video has been blocked from playback due to a music rights issue.
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I can't imagine that this was that important to Warner Brothers and feel it's coming from a different route altogether. Mine isn't the only video that is sampling that theme.

Although the original video had 1,890 views, after youtube.com removed the sound I removed the original video and put up this new edited version with Muley singing the main theme.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkQuD_woYvw

I don't think it was a random case of my video. I think someone in particular reported it because there are probably THOUSANDS of videos with that theme on it.