Planet of the Humans censored: We got a lot of money invested in this ride, it HAS to be real...

Tue Jun 2 12:20:51 BST 2020

Planet Of The Humans Controversial Documentary 
Yanked From YouTube - Michael Moore & Jeff Gibbs 
Blast Blatant Censorship; Now Free On Vimeo

https://vimeo.com/423114384
https://deadline.com/2020/05/planet-of-the-humans-pulled-youtube-michael-moore-jeff-gibbs-censorship-1202942938/

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EXCLUSIVE, updated with new details, 11:42 AM:

<https://deadline.com/tag/michael-moore/>Michael 
Moore and 
<https://deadline.com/tag/jeff-gibbs/>Jeff Gibbs 
controversial documentary 
<https://deadline.com/tag/planet-of-the-humans/>Planet 
of the Humans has been removed from 
<https://deadline.com/tag/youtube/>YouTube, where 
<https://deadline.com/2020/04/michael-moore-releases-planet-of-the-humans-documentary-eve-earth-day-1202913761/>it 
was streaming for free  a move the pair calls a blatant act of censorship.

EP Moore and writer-producer Gibbs told Deadline 
they discovered today that their film, which has 
racked more than 8.3 million views in a 
month-plus, was taken down from YouTube after a 
copyright claim was lodged against the 
documentary over four seconds of footage it contains.

This attempt to take down our film and prevent 
the public from seeing it is a blatant act of 
censorship by political critics of Planet of the 
Humans, Gibbs said in a statement provided 
exclusively to Deadline (read it below). It is a 
misuse of copyright law to shut down a film that 
has opened a serious conversation about how parts 
of the environmental movement have gotten into 
bed with Wall Street and so-called green 
capitalists. There is absolutely no copyright violation in my film.
<https://deadline.com/2020/05/michael-moore-backed-planet-of-the-humans-extends-youtube-run-reports-8m-views-1202938666/>

<https://deadline.com/2020/05/michael-moore-backed-planet-of-the-humans-extends-youtube-run-reports-8m-views-1202938666/>Michael 
Moore-Backed 'Planet Of The Humans' Extends YouTube Run, Reports 8M Views

The four-second clip subject to the copyright 
right claim comes 37 minutes into the 
documentary, in a sequence titled How Solar 
Panels & Wind Turbines Are Made. The footage 
shows a mining operation for rare earth metals, 
which are used in wind turbine manufacture. Gibbs 
says he incorporated the footage under fair 
use, an exception to copyright law that allows 
news reporters, producers and documentary 
filmmakers limited access to copyrighted material to illustrate points.

British environmental photographer Toby Smith 
tweeted over the weekend that he shot the footage 
in question for an unrelated documentary project. 
In a since-deleted post to his verified Twitter 
account, Smith dismissed Planet of the Humans as 
bull-shit and suggested it was filled with 
endless copyright infringements in addition to 
his own material. He told a British publication 
it was he who filed the copyright infringement claim with YouTube.

YouTube automatically notifies content creators 
of any copyright infringement accusation lodged 
against them and provides a dispute adjudication 
process. A representative for Moore and Gibbs 
confirmed the filmmakers formally contacted 
YouTube to deny the infringement claim, citing fair use.

We are working with YouTube to resolve this 
issue, Gibbs wrote in his statement, and have 
the film back up as soon as possible.

In the meantime, Moore and Gibbs have made their 
documentary available for free on the Vimeo streaming platform.

Moore posted Planet of the Humans to YouTube 
<https://deadline.com/2020/04/michael-moore-releases-planet-of-the-humans-documentary-eve-earth-day-1202913761/>on 
the eve of Earth Day last month. The film argues 
that purported green solutions to fossil fuels 
offer a false promise of saving the planet from 
environmental collapse caused by global warming, 
over-consumption and resource depletion. Gibbs 
insists the environmental movement must address 
population growth and mass consumption if it is 
to have any real impact on what he sees as an 
apocalyptic scenario. The film also raises 
questions about possible financial conflicts of 
interest among leading environmentalists who back 
green energy, including former Vice President Al 
Gore and Bill McKibben, co-founder of 350.org.

The documentary, especially coming from the 
unassailably left-wing Moore and Gibbs and not 
righ-twing climate-change deniers, was bound to 
provoke a strong reaction. Among the 
environmental champions leading the charge 
against Planet of the Humans has been Josh Fox, 
the Oscar-nominated director of Gasland. Fox led 
an earlier campaign on Twitter to get the docu 
retracted by its creators and distributors, 
calling the film shockingly misleading and absurd.

The effort by Fox triggered its own backlash, 
with the writers organization PEN America 
labeling it attempted censorship. In his 
statement to Deadline, Gibbs once against decried 
any attempt to keep the film from reaching the public.

Here is Gibbs full statement to Deadline:

This attempt to take down our film and prevent 
the public from seeing it is a blatant act of 
censorship by political critics of Planet of the 
Humans. It is a misuse of copyright law to 
shutdown a film that has opened a serious 
conversation about how parts of the environmental 
movement have gotten into bed with Wall Street 
and so-called green capitalists. There is 
absolutely no copyright violation in my film. 
This is just another attempt by the films 
opponents to subvert the right to free speech.

Opponents of Planet of the Humans, who do not 
like its critique of the failures of the 
environmental movement, have worked for weeks to 
have the film taken down and to block us from 
appearing on TV and on livestream. Their efforts 
to subvert free speech have failed, with nearly 
eight and a half million people already viewing 
the film on YouTube. These Trumpian tactics are 
shameful, and their aim to stifle free speech and 
prevent people from grappling with the 
uncomfortable truths exposed in this film is deeply disturbing.

PEN America, which was founded in 1922 and fights 
for the free speech of artists in the U.S. and 
around the world, came out strongly and denounced 
the initial attempt to censor this film, and we 
hope all champions of free expression condemn 
this act of censorship. We are working with 
YouTube to resolve this issue and have the film back up as soon as possible.
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