APOLOGY (#8): My channel CAST Of CHARACTERS Live was nearly permanently banned from YouTube. That was quite a shock after being banned from Facebook for 5 weeks while they decided my 15.5 minute documentary “Racism in America: Why Black Lives Matter” wasn’t hate speech against white people.
Over the Christmas and New Year holidays I spent nearly 80 hours researching and making a 38 minute documentary about a singer/songwriter who died of Covid-19 last April. It was the best work I’ve ever done, but it resulted in copyright infringement complaints to YouTube. I may be able to show it to you soon!
I’ve now gone to YouTube Copyright Infringement School and written a letter of apology and explanation to the record company. Hopefully that will resolved the situation. I was informed by YouTube that one more complaint would result in CAST Of CHARACTERS Live being permanently banned. That would mean that a year’s work would go down the (You)Tubes.
When you have sometime, take a look at the Playlists for friends Tom Paxton and Tonio K. on CAST Of CHARACTERS Live, hopefully still on YouTube. The Musical Documentaries, as Tom Paxton suggested I call them, were made with their approval. If you have never heard of Tonio K. you are in for a musical treat, even if some of the images I provided are a little disturbing. That’s Tonio, AKA Steven Kirkorian, second from the left, and Tom Paxton next to Cathy. You meet the greatest people in San Miguel de Allende.
Back tomorrow with more STORIES OF LOVE, LIFE, TRAVEL, AND PETS!
