Cricket fans around the world are rejoicing after copyright claims against a popular social media user — who shares historic footage on his accounts — were withdrawn.
Rob Moody, who has posted cricket videos on YouTube and Twitter under the pseudonym Robelinda2 for over a decade, had been served with a copyright infringement notice this morning.
Much of the footage used by Moody belongs to Cricket Australia (CA).
But following a social media backlash, CA announced the copyright claims had been retracted, as they "were made in error".
"The videos should be back up and running soon," CA tweeted.
"We've got no plans to shut down Rob's old gold and will follow up on the processes around this."
Twitter had earlier locked Moody's account following complaints it had received.
The self-described cricket "megafan", who has never claimed he owned the footage he shares, expressed his displeasure when informed he would have to remove video content from his Twitter account.
"So I'm told to delete every cricket video I've ever uploaded to Twitter, over the past 11 years," he tweeted.
"You have to laugh really! Just suspend my account and be done with it, as if I'm going to go and find all 2,000+ videos since 2009 and delete them."
The move had been met by a barrage of opposition on Twitter, with retired Australia Test batsman Dean Jones among those upset.
CA chairman Earl Eddings was asked about the action taken against Moody during this afternoon's media conference announcing the resignation of chief executive Kevin Roberts.
Eddings, who admitted he watched Moody's videos amid "some difficult times" during the coronavirus lockdown, said he was happy to speak with him about the matter.
"We'll certainly take that [discussion] offline and look at it because I think it's a great service, albeit needs to be done in the correct and legal way," he said.
Eddings is not the only one who has been entertained by Moody's videos during the coronavirus crisis.
Moody has over 37,000 Twitter followers and his lengthy YouTube compilation of run outs involving legendary Australia captain Steve Waugh proved immensely popular.
His tweet linking to the video attracted almost 3,000 likes and earned a response from Waugh's former teammate Shane Warne.
Moody admitted he was "so embarrassed" by the media coverage the copyright action had attracted but thanked social media users for campaigning on his behalf.
