My first reaction was “Hey Loreena McKennitt, kiss my ass” but maybe that’s a bit harsh…
It seems my modest little home movie from our 2003 vacation to Alberta and BC, entitled “Misty Mountain Hop”, has incurred the wrath of the copyright police. Not from the Led Zeppelin camp, despite my naming the piece directly after the Zeppelin song, but due to the use of Loreena McKennitt’s song “Ancient Pines” in the soundtrack.
Are You KIDDING Me??
I don’t even mention the names of the soundtrack songs in the description on YouTube, they’re only credited at the end of the movie, in the barely legible credits… so it wasn’t searchable in the traditional sense, there’s some high-tech text-recognition technology going on here, or maybe audio-recognition, not sure…
Here’s the message attached to my video (not sure when this happened, I just happened to notice it today when poking around):

Your video, Misty Mountain Hop – September 2003, may have audio content from Ancient Pines by Loreena McKennitt that is owned or licensed by WMG.
As a result, your video has been muted.

So how exactly is the artist protected here? Was I expected, in the production of my little home movie, to pay for the privilege of promoting her song? Doesn’t this just make the artist look petty, vindictive, self-aggrandizing, and ridiculous?
Musicians deserve to be paid for their work. No question. And I am not unaware of the irony of me getting up on my high horse, given my immense collection of ill-gotten MP3’s downloaded from the Interwebs. But we’re not talking about counterfeit CD’s eating into legit sales, we’re talking about a stupid little home movie in 320×240 fer crying out loud. And I actually do own the song legally.
So, upon further reflection, my revised position is now “Hey Loreena McKennitt and/or WMG, kiss my ass”.