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Re:YouTube blocked chess channel after mistaken detection of... by whatshisface on Sunday February 21, 2021 @08:06PM (#26219331)
Funny thing is, since nobody ever submits PRs to change it in the opposite direction, even one person going around on GitHub would be virtually guaranteed to eventually change all of them.
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Re:YouTube blocked chess channel after mistaken detection of... by reaperducer on Sunday February 21, 2021 @08:14PM (#26219406)
even one person going around on GitHub would be virtually guaranteed to eventually change all of them

It only took one complaint from someone in Canada to get Dire Straits' "Money for Nothing" cut in half on SiriusXM for an entire continent.

(Though you can still hear the full version on the deep tracks channel).)

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Re:YouTube blocked chess channel after mistaken detection of... by Mountain_Skies on Sunday February 21, 2021 @08:39PM (#26219664)
I don't know how radio stations handle "Alice's Restaurant" since I listen to my own copy but I did see Arlo Guthrie sing it live at a concert when he was in town a few years back. When the song got near the slur, he stopped playing for bit and went off on a short tangent before picking the song up after the slur. It's his song so I doubt anyone minded him changing how he performs it. The change felt a lot more natural than simply bleeping or cutting the audio.
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Re:YouTube blocked chess channel after mistaken detection of... by bch on Sunday February 21, 2021 @08:35PM (#26219625)
> It only took one complaint from someone in Canada to get Dire Straits' "Money for Nothing" cut in half on SiriusXM for an entire continent

Even after the decision was reversed[0]?

[0] https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/canada-lifts-b...

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Re:YouTube blocked chess channel after mistaken detection of... by reaperducer on Sunday February 21, 2021 @11:12PM (#26220762)
Yes. As recently as last month.
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Re:YouTube blocked chess channel after mistaken detection of... by metalliqaz on Sunday February 21, 2021 @08:25PM (#26219529)
they cut it in half rather than just bleep the "F" word?
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Re:YouTube blocked chess channel after mistaken detection of... by reaperducer on Sunday February 21, 2021 @11:10PM (#26220755)
Yep. Dropped the entire verse and a chorus.
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Re:YouTube blocked chess channel after mistaken detection of... by userbinator on Sunday February 21, 2021 @11:18PM (#26220795)
since nobody ever submits PRs to change it in the opposite direction

Then perhaps that's something the "opposition activists" should start doing...

Personally, if I had a GH account (which I don't), I might be inclined to change the "master" branch to "slave" just to fuck with the PC police.

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