Kildare TD's election video blocked on YouTube over copyright row
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A Kildare TD’s popular election campaign video, paying homage to the Back to the Future trilogy, has been removed from YouTube over a copyright dispute.
Martin Heydon said he will now seek legal advice after the Universal film studio objected to his use of music which is similar to that featured in the popular 1980s films.
The Fine Gael TD produced one of the slickest videos to emerge during last month’s election in which he and ’Doc Brown’, played by local Fine Gael councillor Darren Scully, travel around the constituency seeking votes.
However, Heydon was informed in an email from YouTube ten days ago that the video has been blocked in some countries, including Ireland, because it contains copyrighted content.
Heydon insisted he does not believe he is in breach of copyright and said he intends to seek legal advice before deciding whether to put the video back up on YouTube.