The congratulations that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador made to congratulate the mothers, was blocked by YouTube due to copyright, but it was an error.
As part of the celebration of Mother’s Day, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador made a video to congratulate them, but it was blocked for using the theme "Eternal Love" without permission , it did not have copyright.
The celebration in Mexico from the National Palace did not start with the right foot, they block congratulations from Andrés Manuel López Obrador for using the theme "Eternal Love" without permission in the mother’s day greeting.
Through the YouTube account of the president of the republic, the congratulations that he recorded next to his wife to celebrate Mother’s Day were broadcast very early on Sunday, May 10 .
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However, this video was immediately blocked by YouTube, since the song "Amor Eterno" was used, composed and performed by Juan Gabriel and which is copyrighted by Sony Music Entertainment (SME).
When wanting to play the video, the legend immediately appeared "This video has content from SME, who blocked it in your country for reasons related to copyright. Sorry."
Said video, which was also broadcast on Facebook, was blocked from this social network, which caused several users to start talking about the use of the song without permission.
In this video, Andrés Manuel López Obrador and his wife Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller appeared in the corridors of the National Palace, where they congratulated Mexican mothers and dedicated the song "Eternal Love."
I wish you all the best, congratulations today May 10, congratulations to the moms, to the grandmothers, to those who accompany us and to those who got ahead of us … and the gift I have for you is from an extraordinary composer, Juan Gabriel. I met a great artist, a great person, an extraordinary human being and the song is beautiful
Hours later, Roberto Cantoral Zucchi, General Director of the Society of Authors and Composers of Mexico (SACM), clarified that the video was not blocked for not complying with Copyright permissions, but that it was a technical problem that Sony Music resolved.
On the occasion of the celebration of #DiaDeLaMadre , all the holders of both original and related rights of the musical work “Amor eterno” by Juan Gabriel, granted in favor of the Federal Government the necessary authorizations for the public performance of said work. pic.twitter.com/jzMfj3vDsU
– SACM México (@SACM_Oficial) May 11, 2020