I May Have Upset Kanye West

At 1:30 this morning I received a message that the animated music video I made for Kanye West’s song “I Love Kanye” was removed from YouTube by his representation. They filed a DMCA Takedown, a fairly common legal procedure which gives me two options: file a counter claim, or contact his people and attempt arbitration.

Chances are that he did not see the video and it was removed by lawyers being lawyers. So I am reaching out, both to IFPI and the man himself.

The Bowie cartoon I made was received very well by his family and presented no legal hassles. Here’s hoping this will work out also.

[update: it’s being reported that today “I Love Kanye” was released to streaming music services outside of Tidal. Thus - most likely - the legal action on a month old video by a cartoonist no one has heard of.]