Censored by state media

Our headline-grabbing cohort and video collaborator PCSCZ has had his videos deleted and account disabled to his successful & popular Youtube channel.

The most visited political channel on Youtube in Ireland, silenced. By who and why?


"Dear Member:

This is to notify you that we have removed or disabled access to the following material as a result of a third-party notification by RTE claiming that this material is infringing....."



Ah, none other than the beloved state media. Ireland's answer to pravda, Radio Telefis Éireann. Being the supposed national media and being paid for by Irish tax payers money, I'm struggling to understand how the content of RTÉ news and programming isn't the property of the Irish people - and why it is copyright infringement for Irish people to rebroadcast something from RTÉ alongside their own commentary.

The timing is not at all insignificant. RTÉ news extracts etc have been used on PSCZ's channel for months, if not longer, without a word from RTÉ in complaint. Within only the last few days however Corrupt Éire and PCSCZ have teamed up to launch a boycott of all businesses who run on the basis of an anti-Irish agenda. After gaining significant, hard-won momentum and attention from mainstream media, the boycott call was a serious challenge to the position of the political, commercial and media establishment from a voice people listened to. This could not go unanswered. In swoops RTÉ, to the defence of it's big business backers and sources of advertising revenue.

This is a setback, but not defeat. Whilst PCSCZ's original channel might be out of action, he is free to create a new account and broadcast from a new channel. We can all of us also protest to Youtube about this unjust and questionable censorship. And whilst things posted on youtube are always vulnerable to being taken down or censored, the Corrupt Éire site is not.

We have what we need to defend ourselves. Hit them where it hurts - their wallets.

PCSCZ's new channel (#3) can be found here