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Flaw In YouTube Takedown Process Exposed
New submitter BraveThumb writes "One independent rap group found it impossible to post their song on YouTube. When they tried to put up their video, they were informed that the copyright belonged to Universal Music, even though the rap group wasn't signed to any label. Another group working with Universal had used the music in a video of their own, which then accidentally leaked online. YouTube's filtering software then blocked the original. The Hollywood Reporter shares what happened and concludes by saying, 'For an industry that's pursuing copyright reform, the portrayal of a copyright regime that works against young artists can't be a good thing.'"
Give them a taste of their own medicine.
Really, how is this any different than the commerically incited mass copyright infringements from criaa labels on their back catalogs 3 years ago? Or how they all shamelessly violated copyright on an anticopyright psa?
These fuckers are classic hipocrites. Hello kettle. I am pot. You are black.
They only support "artist interests" when it suits their profit motive. The same is true for their support of copyright.
Flaw #1 - Using YouTube to distribute your video. There ARE alternatives now.
Flaw #2 - Not suing UMG in Small Claims Court for damages. You want Small Claims since Universal would expressly be prohibited from using any lawyers.
If enough people who've had their videos taken down erroneously sue UMG in small claims court you'll literally bankrupt them.
How is this not working as it is intended to? The point of copyright, as the big labels intend it, is to prevent competition from unsigned artists.
This is a win for the big labels. They want young artists not affiliated with a label to have a hard time getting their music out there.
I've always said English was my second language. Had Romeo and Juliet been written in C, I might have understood it.
This is one of the many use cases for draconian copyright persecution. It allows the big name corps to lay exclusive claim to all media, even those who they do not represent.
Or we could just stop shilling for the copyright industry entirely, get rid of copyright, and go back to actually selling physical objects and considering information free. Worked for, what, ten thousand years? Funny that most of the truly famous music, literature, and art was created before copyright was even a thought.
Great Intellect...
After the damage was done.
Understanding the scope of the problem is the first step on the path to true panic.
Given the hypocrisy of the UMG and the other labels of shooting first and asking questions later when people use *their* music...it's perfectly reasonable to call them out when it shows just how presumptuous they are.
They didn't ask if they had permission they just 'assumed'. Sort of like I can 'assume' if I find it online it must be free to use right?
People in cars cause accidents....accidents in cars cause people
This is not a flaw.
I make my living teaching, and sometimes post lecture videos online.
The problem is that big companies copy my videos, and their corporate lawyers automatically copyright them. (WOLFRAM!!!)
Then, my web sites get taken down with phone notices.
Hollywood, the software industry, and the recording industry make their livings by stealing from people like me.