Google has banned Petra Cortright's video "VVebcam" because of her
search terms. Her important art piece expresses the ridiculousness of
search terms and in the infinite wisdom of Google, is banned for its
use of such terms!
<<<Dear petracortright:
Thank you for submitting your video appeal to YouTube.
After further review of the content, we've determined that your video
does violate our Community Guidelines and have upheld our original
decision. We appreciate your understanding.
Sincerely,
— The YouTube Team>>>
VVebcam, a Rhizome Artbase selection, has been written about, discussed
and published throughout the world. Furthermore, Google has removed an
art work that is taught regularly in art schools. Petra Cortright has a
solid reputation as an artist therefore I think that "deceptive" is an
inappropriate term to describe work by one of the brightest minds in the
contemporary art community.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPaCCBE-K1g
http://petracortright.com/vvebcam.html
http://archive.rhizome.org/artbase/53474/vvebcam.html
Andres Manniste
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