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: Grossman hosted the video on a dedicated website, HarlemShakePoop.com, actively encouraging viewers to "enjoy and share this amazing visual art piece". When the bass drops (marked by the lyric
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However, John didn't just express regret. He took aggressive legal action. He used the as a tool to scrub the video from the internet, sending takedown notices to Google and other platforms, claiming the video as his copyrighted work. By asserting ownership of the video, he could legally force its removal from search results and social media, effectively trying to erase the evidence of his past persona. As a VICE article noted, he was a star who "used copyright law to hide his Harlem Shake Poop video". This turned the story into a larger commentary on how individuals can weaponize copyright law to control their own digital history.
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