KPLCTV coverage of Mandoo fight with the LA board.

last week because of a Contraband violation at Angola the hearing was streamed online by the Louisiana Board of Pardons but now they are reportedly objecting to video being shared on YouTube Andrea Robinson has more on the dispute the Louisiana Board of Pardons and committee on parole streams all of their hearings but doesn't publish the video after the fact if you request them they'll give you audio only saying they're protecting the victims who are testifying however a YouTube user who goes by Mandu records the stream and adds commentary to them on his own page it's how we got the copy we showed you last week I find it to be so important really what drives me is the idea to make transparent um and to bring to the Forefront of how our system works both good and bad and ugly after our report aired though Mandu says that 50 uploaded parole board hearings ever received copyright claims and were deleted from his page including Thomas Cisco's hearing he had been recording the hearings for about a year without any issues maybe it has something to do with with the controversy behind that hearing maybe you didn't I don't know he says this could be a violation of his rights we're not doing anything differently than the entire YouTube Community is doing so when I got the strike on Friday it was like that pit in my stuff like it's what is how is this even possible mandu's attorney Larry Foreman explains that the videos on mandu's page have fall under what's called a fair use therefore he says it doesn't violate copyright because he is adding value is adding commentary he is modifying the existing original content as a result of that uh he is allowed to keep the content now the Louisiana parole board is saying no this is ours you don't have a right to it mandu's account is is monetized but attorneys we spoke with say that doesn't change his right to fair use in this situation Scott Sternberg who represents media organizations across Louisiana says besides fair use Louisiana's open meeting law makes clear the public has a right to record a meeting in the day of cell phones where everybody's got a camera and can take 4K or even 8K video you know people record stuff in public meetings all the time and yes it is perfectly legal to do so mandu and his attorney say they have appealed the copyright claims on YouTube it's when people stop fighting for their rights it's when it's when they get taken away from you um and Andrea Robinson 7 News we've reached out to the parole board today for comments but have yet rights it's when it's when they get taken away from you um and Andrea Robinson 7 News we've reached out to the parole board today for comment but have yet to hear back