Watch a police officer admit to playing Taylor Swift to keep a video off YouTube

Bystanders have a First Amendment right to record police, but police officers have allegedly tried to exploit copyright law to prevent people from sharing those videos, playing music that could trigger a takedown notice. While playing music in the background of a video isn’t necessarily against YouTube’s rules, it can set off the company’s automatic takedown system.

Source: Watch a police officer admit to playing Taylor Swift to keep a video off YouTube

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