The Inquirer is running an interesting story today on a 15 year old boy who fooled YouTube into taking down videos for alleged copyright infringement. The laughable part being that the copyright holder not only knew YouTube were hosting some of their content, but was actually pleased to have it there as it gave them free exposure.

This, for me at least, highlights a worrying possibility. It seems almost anyone, regardless of their ability to prove who they are, can have content removed from major sites. Today it's videos on YouTube. Tomorrow it'll be some kid in Romania getting your site barred from Google using similar tactics. It would have to be the ultimate SEO tactic. Just get all your competition delisted.