Yes, we were suspended with all 100 videos removed.  No word yet as to why, no email on the suspension.  I'll provide more details as I get them.

Truly WTF...

I know there are groups on YouTube that go around flagging people's accounts. If enough people flag an account YouTube will suspend it, most times not even looking at the account. They seemingly cater to the Muslims in particular.

I strongly suspect that this was the work of a flag happy group with a vendetta against Atheists being able to talk about the subject, abuse of the system for fear of free and public discussion. (All the more reason to stay on YT where those try to silence such discussion.)

Any bets up for who is next? Capn Awesome? TAA? Richard Dawkins? Mr Diety ()??? 

I pulled all the news footage. I'm not willing to risk the Blasphemy Challenge account going down on account of copyright.

 We'll come up with something, we're scheming as we speak, also I'm waiting for more details.  For now, just start getting used to live video.

What's the channel name on LiveVid? I deleted my old account there heh.

complete bullshit

I acually made a video about " banning" it should be up soon

www.youtube.com/g0at

I'd rather just end religion.

We've come up with a few options some deal with getting back on youtube through legit means, though I don't know how successful that will be.  I'm more excited about the notion of hosting our videos on sites that pay you for your video. 

Here we go again!  This is getting bad.

It’s a shame when a mutually beneficial partnership gets spoiled by one side.

For several months the RRS has been featured on plenty of TV news items. Youtube supplied a platform for the RRS and in turn the "youtube" brand received national TV exposure.

I guess RRS could invoice youtube for 3 months of national marketing    j/k of course, but it does highlight the fact that youtube get allot of great exposure based on it’s users content.

Blasphemy Challenge videos are probably  the most numerous,  single issue, original content video’s on the whole youtube site, it’s not as if the RRS just uploaded other peoples music videos all day!

Hi Sapient,

As you are likely aware, I am no fan of your squad. However, I am very concerned about YouTube's action as well, and I plan to contact them to see what's happening. I don't see how censorship benefits anyone, even when it comes to your so-called "activism."

I hope we can get this settled soon.

I didn't even know about that. I put the link in my favorites. Thanks!   

Nightline producers gave me permission.  All of our videos say "This video has been removed due to terms of use violation."

groups such as the RIAA and viacom and others are becoming ruthless copyright fascists.  I faer it will someday come to a point when you will be sued merely for singing happy birthday without paying royalties to some fatcat.
youtube has deleted many wonderful music videos and tv show clips over this copyright shit.
so I wonder if the RSS was banned over copyriught vbiolations or due to the contreversial content of the videos?
I am opposed to both cencorship as well as the copyright fascists.

Gisbure has on his site that it had to do with the Uri Geller exposed video.

Any confirmation on this? If so, don't they normally have a 3 strike policy? Why suspend the entire account? I've had one video removed and all they  did was remove the SINGLE video and notify me of such. 

Gisburne wrote about part of the story, but the fact is I just don't have the answer.  Youtube has a 3 strikes policy, Geller would've been strike 2.  The email from youtube said further issues could result in a suspension.  Now I spoke to James Randi and he's going to go to bat for me at youtube.  Geller doesn't own the rights to the video that he claimed the rights to, he defrauded youtube to remove videos that exposed him as a fraud.  Irony much?

This issue will take time, Randis lawyers need to look at it all on Monday, and I don't want to make an official statement for youtube and set the wheels in motion until I know exactly the best method of attack, and what youtubes statement will be.  Once I rectify the copyright issue over Geller, which should be easy we'll see what youtube does.  If they don't reinstate our account we'll know it wasn't for copyright.  Once we know that... the games will begin.

RRS seems to be another target.  I believe YouTube has a 2 strike policy before banning begins.

Has other YT religious channels recieved such treatment (besides Nick Gisburne)? 

I am aware of this. 

I am indifferent to this. 

Precisely. 

Unless of course, you explain in the e-mails that you don't support censorship and would be happy to include their ad for the same rate that they would pay google for a click. 

Next? 

I hate to say this. Maybe it is more base than we expect. Certainly "free speech" is touted by all, but when that "free speech" doesnt suit the majority, they bitch.

Could it be that YouTube is responding to the market? Maybe YouTube is getting an influx of bigoted crap e-mail? YouTube is like any other business, they are going to respond to the market.

I hope this is not the case. I hope that capitalism, and those who benifit from it, still have empathy for the minority voice. I hope YouTube in its capital venture doesnt loose site of the fact that sometimes the majority still needs to know that a minority exists.

I am all for making money. But not to the point of facism or mob rule by vote. Sometimes the majority needs to hear the truth, even when it makes them feel uncomfortable.  

Call me ignorant, but after reading some of the comments from one of those videos, I was shocked to see that people like that still exist. I laughed at Mel Gibson, thinking he had some drunken issues, but I had no idea how wide spread anti-semitism is.

also, I went to the YouTube link you posted, and it said that baconeater no longer existed. Were you banned too?

I finally deleted all but one of his comments.  You'd be surprised to see how many of that ilk are around.  The Jew hating neo nazi types now seem to be in bed with the  pro Jihadist Muslims when it comes to Jew hating propaganda.

Apparently XILD is the new target and her videos are being removed in mass.  WTF is going on?  I'm starting to feel powerless.  I hope RSS can come up with some creative way to combat this.  Maybe something that the entire atheist community could get actively involved in? 

Some Fundi probably paid Youtube some $$$ to suspend the account. Not surprised.