Youtube Recent Copyright Strikes Controversy

[CodeRedR51]

Here let me link to you:

https://m.youtube.com/user/seadoco?

I'll take a look when I get home from work. Maybe some of them show up in my recommended or suggested? But I usually only watch my subscriptions and don't pay much attention to anything on the front page.

 

[Dan]

Haven't seen any of those yet.

Look up "Toy Monster" or just include "Spider-Man" and "Elsa" in the search bar. Prepare some eye bleach.

 

[CodeRedR51]

My one main gripe is searching for videos and getting a crap ton of "playlists". Some of which I have seen x-rated photos.

 

[Dan]

My one main gripe is searching for videos and getting a crap ton of "playlists". Some of which I have seen x-rated photos.

Let me guess... "Epic Booty Pranks in the Hood [GONE SEXUAL] [GONE VIOLENT] [ALMOST DIED] [COPS CALLED]"?

 

[CodeRedR51]

Let me guess... "Epic Booty Pranks in the Hood [GONE SEXUAL] [GONE VIOLENT] [ALMOST DIED] [COPS CALLED]"?

I got some while searching for Star Wars reaction videos. They'll pop up anywhere.

 

[Dan]

I got some while searching for Star Wars reaction videos. They'll pop up anywhere.

Ah yes. Reaction videos. The true pinnacle of original content and effort to produce.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Ah yes. Reaction videos. The true pinnacle of original content and effort to produce.

Maybe, but I've subscribed to people that turned out to have other great content through their reaction videos.

 

[Sanji Himura]

The Dancing Baby Case is heading to the Supreme Court. Details here:

 

[Grayfox]

Sadly, you cant fine or get compensations from thecopyright abusers who don't take fair use into account.
If you could fine or get compensated, the copyright holders will think twice before clicking the take down button.

 

[Sanji Himura]

Sadly, you can't fine or get compensations from the copyright abusers who don't take fair use into account.
If you could fine or get compensated, the copyright holders will think twice before clicking the takedown button.

Filing a false DMCA takedown notice is perjury, a crime.

 

[Imari]

Filing a false DMCA takedown notice is perjury, a crime.

Technically, yes. Realistically, the people who have false DMCAs filed against them rarely have the time or money to pursue the matter legally.

 

[Grayfox]

Filing a false DMCA takedown notice is perjury, a crime.

But since they do not suffer "damages" they have no case for compensation.

If they had to compensate people who there screwed by them not taking fair use into consideration they would not abuse the DMCA.

 

[Sanji Himura]

But since they do not suffer "damages" they have no case for compensation.

That's BS. Their damages is ad revenue if the video is monetized. To take a fairly recent example, Jim Sterling, for the most part, is pateron funded, but he largely puts ads on his videos to supplement his income. Over the course of his channel's history, he fought off three false DMCA claims against Indie game developers over their Steam Greenlight pitches or games (Kobra Studios, Digipex Games and Moo Tech Games. It was the latter of the three that earned him Google's $1 million protection money) and one more for good measure (Digital Homicide over his coverage of 'The Slaughtering Grounds') for a total of four.

While all of them used the DMCA to try to shut Jim up, it was Digipex games that actually admitted that they used it to, "teach Jim a lesson".

(Source)

i cant stand people that are using poor weak developers for money. There is a prevailing belief that indie games, by virtue of their size and budget, are above reproach, and I simply believe that's a ******** and rather cowardly way of trying to duck criticism. If you're selling a game, you should expect game critics to, y'know, criticize it. You're not special, and you certainly don't get to play the 'I'm a poor bullied weakling' card when you're the one wielding takedown strikes to silence people who said things you don't like.

I know he got the law on his side and little followers, some of the greenlight developers too have contact me that saying that does how he do use the law and He will get the the video back running. but that does not mean He will continue to enjoy the HARD WORK of the Indie Game Developers videos forever.

He said this to Kotaku in the same message:

thanks for your concern. and dont worry about us ..worry about yourself. He might be a king to you but he is **** to me. you can always bully people but one day you meet the wrong one. and Please Do not reply because we are not interested about your concern and communication.

 

[TVR27]

I'm sick of getting copyright strikes from no name companies and region blocking is annoying and not affective I think all region blocking should be banned.

 

[TenEightyOne]

I'm sick of getting copyright strikes from no name companies and region blocking is annoying and not affective I think all region blocking should be banned.

Absolutely, re-publishers should be allowed to steal any electronic media they like regardless of regional agreements, laws or ownership!

Damn those damned lawyers, damn them.

PS... I'm taking your car this afternoon, I need one.

 

[CodeRedR51]

I think YouTube needs to spend less time hounding legit uploaders and spend more time curbing the influx of spam that has graced the site lately. Fake accounts that steal people's videos, masking themselves as real YouTubers offering free gift cards, etc, etc. It's been really bad.

 

[TVR27]

Absolutely, re-publishers should be allowed to steal any electronic media they like regardless of regional agreements, laws or ownership!

Damn those damned lawyers, damn them.

PS... I'm taking your car this afternoon, I need one.

Well I'm not going to upload a movie. Region locking doesn't work I can change ip address why bother region blocking when I can unblock it.

I'm going to take you're money tonight because I want to be rich.

 

[TenEightyOne]

Well I'm not going to upload a movie.

Irrelevant. What you are or aren't going to do isn't the issue. Nothing is until you've done it.

Region locking doesn't work I can change ip address why bother region blocking when I can unblock it.

Because the system works well for "honest" users. Changing your IP address can be illegal if you do it to deliberately circumvent a legal restriction. Guess what? Region-blocking is a legal restriction.

I'm going to take you're money tonight because I want to be rich.

I am not money, you misunderstand.

 

[TVR27]

Irrelevant. What you are or aren't going to do isn't the issue. Nothing is until you've done it.



Because the system works well for "honest" users. Changing your IP address can be illegal if you do it to deliberately circumvent a legal restriction. Guess what? Region-blocking is a legal restriction.



I am not money, you misunderstand.

A honest Internet user is myth.

 

[TenEightyOne]

A honest Internet user is myth.

That's bollocks. Source required.

 

[TVR27]

If YouTube ever give you a survey of what ads you have seen always lie to them.

 

[TenEightyOne]

If YouTube ever give you a survey of what ads you have seen always lie to them.

That's not a source for "an honest internet user is a myth", sorry.

 

[TVR27]

News just in : YouTube will hide, but not remove, some ‘supremacist’ videos

 

[FoRiZon]

News just in : YouTube will hide, but not remove, some ‘supremacist’ videos

While I absolutely hate hard political topics in general, judging by how Youtube handle content creators recently, I sincerely doubt it'll gone well.

 

[TenEightyOne]

While I absolutely hate hard political topics in general, judging by how Youtube handle content creators recently, I sincerely doubt it'll gone well.

For the most part the problems for "content creators" have actually been for people who stole other people's material and redistributed/rehashed it as their own. I think YouTube are moving in the right direction here - if the content isn't removable under hate speech rules then at least remove the opportunity for monetization and the comments cesspit.

 

[Sanji Himura]

For the most part the problems for "content creators" have actually been for people who stole other people's material and redistributed/rehashed it as their own. I think YouTube are moving in the right direction here - if the content isn't removable under hate speech rules then at least remove the opportunity for monetization and the comments cesspit.

Bollacks. As a content creator, I am actually afraid to dive into politics (like MundaneMatt for example) because of Google's demonetization rules. Why does channels like CNN (who does maintain a YouTube channel) allowed to make money off videos that display questionable content whereas channels like myself would have monetization pulled just for even talking about the subject?

 

[LeMansAid]

Bollacks. As a content creator, I am actually afraid to dive into politics (like MundaneMatt for example) because of Google's demonetization rules. Why does channels like CNN (who does maintain a YouTube channel) allowed to make money off videos that display questionable content whereas channels like myself would have monetization pulled just for even talking about the subject?

Have you noticed that Floyd Mayweather seems a bit of a jerk? His employer doesn't care - it actually works in their favour. They're paying him a shed load of money for no reason other than that he can make them money. There's a whole lot of other jerks out there that they're not paying shed loads of money to - because....... they can't make them money. If it were to get to the point where Mayweather's jerkness was enough to severely damage the brand, he'd be gone in a heartbeat.

It's business. It's balancing upside against downside, and risk against reward. Chances are your downside for them is minute, but your upside basically non-existent. Your risk extremely low, but reward virtually non-existent. CNN will have more of all of those factors. For making money, it won't matter so much if there's greater downside, since the upside will be higher again. If CNN's "jerkness" (or equivalent) begins to severely damage the Youtube brand, they'll be gone in a heartbeat.

You're also not worth any special policing to them. A contributor that really has nothing to offer them is not going to warrant anything but an automated, umbrella method of safeguarding. It's business.

 

[Tornado]

Upvote for an American saying "Bollocks".

 

[LeMansAid]

Upvote for an American saying "Bollocks".

Well, attempted to say.

Not the first American to try, and fail, as well.....

Its why I always get the UK perspective on US events as Brits have a unique way of sorting through bullocks.

 

[Tornado]

That's what my autocorrect tried to change it to.