Frank Ocean fan told to ‘destroy all footage’ of controversial Coachella show; understand

the show of Frank Ocean in the first week of coachella was surrounded by controversies: it was delayed, there was playback, it ended earlier and it was not broadcast on the internet. Because of this, a fan gathered footage that people took from their cell phone and posted it on the internet, but was ordered to “destroy all material” from the presentation in question. The information is from Variety.

The fan in question is Brian Kinnesan editor and filmmaker from Los Angeles, who missed the festival but managed to download more than 450 fan-filmed videos in order to assemble a multi-camera video to post on YouTube.

On account of this, Kinnes received an extrajudicial notice from the AEGowner of golden voicepromoters of coachella. The order includes “removal and destruction of all audio and video content from the festival’s musical performances.”

“Anything that fails to fully comply with this demand will lead to the initiation of immediate formal legal action,” explained the editor. “I’m just combining what’s already publicly available. Essentially, the allegations [da AEG] are quite frivolous and almost completely unfounded.”

Right away, Brian Kinnes commented how he didn’t plan on making money from the video, but ended up taking it down from the YouTube. “It seems like a huge overreach of power by a corporation that is struggling with its image. It’s a totally weird situation: to be in a battle with a multi-billion dollar corporation while I’m sitting in my one-bedroom apartment in Bushwick,” he lamented.

I think if Frank saw the video, he would have a certain level of appreciation for the way I captured the performance. I don’t think he would have a problem with that.

i just want people to be able to see the fucking movie.

— brian (@briankinnes) April 29, 2023

this is where I make my little films for the internet. pic.twitter.com/XVVeb6g44A

— brian (@briankinnes) April 25, 2023