YouTube Is Sending Copyright Offenders Back to School [VIDEO] - Polidicks

[quote=mashable] YouTube has launched a campaign to educate users on copyright infringement. And it includes a feature that will require users who receive copyright notifications to watch a mandatory PSA-style video. The four-and-a-half minute video, “YouTube Copyright School,” stars the characters of the popular Happy Tree Friends video series. In it, a narrator discusses the implications and nuances of copyright law, as well as YouTube’s new policy for handling copyright infringement, with Russell (the blue sea otter). It’s a relatively successful attempt to make a video about a dry topic bearable. Starting Thursday, watching the video will be mandatory if a user receives a valid copyright notification. In order to upload any new videos, the user will also have to answer questions in a short quiz YouTube has created. “We want to help our users operate within the law and within our guidelines,” Google Senior Product Counsel Lance Kavanaugh told Mashable. “Requiring that people complete Copyright School after receiving a copyright notification means they’ll understand why their actions were wrong, come away with a better understanding of the law, and be more likely to comply with YouTube’s guidelines in future.” Along with the mandatory video, YouTube has also changed how it treats copyright offenses. In the past, YouTube would essentially keep a person’s copyright violations on his or her permanent record, regardless of having a solid track record overall. Starting Thursday though, YouTube users with a good history will have the ability to “remove a strike” from their record by watching the video. The company is also launching a Copyright Center that includes detailed information and frequently asked questions about copyright law. Watching the YouTube Copyright School video felt a little like going to online driving school after getting a ticket, and that’s probably what YouTube was trying to accomplish. Google doesn’t want another Viacom lawsuit and its renewed focus on original content simply makes illegally uploaded content a pain point. Educating (and potentially scaring) repeat offenders is a smart way to decrease copyright violations. What do you think of YouTube Copyright School? Is it the right approach? [/quote] Video: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InzDjH1-9Ns[/media] Source: [url]http://mashable.com/2011/04/14/youtube-copyright-school/[/url]

I.. didn't expect happy tree friends.

I was expecting the Happy Tree Friends getting stamped on repeatedly by a giant foot labelled "VEVO".

WHERE'S THE BLOOD?

Seriously? Happy Tree Friends?

Just because you make someone play a video doesn't mean they're actually going to sit there and watch it.

[QUOTE=SBD;29187679]Just because you make someone play a video doesn't mean they're actually going to sit there and watch it.[/QUOTE] People who are genuinely confused about copyright are. People who don't give a shit and know what they're doing is wrong obviously won't, because they already know why their video got pulled.

Yeah, fuck that shit. I think I will go [b]record some live performances.[/b] Then afterwards I might just [b]remix[/b] a song or two.

It was informative.

Nope, remixes DO NOT require the authors permission, hence how weird al, and dj's can do what they do. Youtube doesn't even know the copyright laws

[quote]Educating (and potentially scaring) repeat offenders is a smart way to decrease copyright violations.[/quote] More like a waste of time, most people know about copyright law already (hard not to) and those that do break copyright law don't really give a fuck. I certainly don't.

[QUOTE=Crimor;29188139]Nope, remixes DO NOT require the authors permission, hence how weird al, and dj's can do what they do. Youtube doesn't even know the copyright laws[/QUOTE] Cool thing about Al is that he still goes and get permission, because he respects the artists. Maybe everyone should be Weird Al.

[QUOTE=john_pelphre;29188172]Cool thing about Al is that he still goes and get permission, because he respects the artists. Maybe everyone should be Weird Al.[/QUOTE] His hair is awesome :v: And yeah, I know he asks for permission, but it's mainly just a "Are you ok with these lyrics?" rather than "Are you ok with me remixing your song"

As soon as I watched this part: [img]http://i.cubeupload.com/B2pxUe.jpg[/img] I thought of this: [img]http://i.cubeupload.com/Cfw1mh.jpg[/img] [B] I AM, THE LAW! [/B]

I hate that it tries to entertain me as if I have problems paying attention or something. If I'm going to ignore the video, stuffing it with happy tree friends isn't going to make a difference. Make it purely informative.

Professional remixers get permission too. Some DJ in some bar or club doesn't distribute the work.

[QUOTE=MegaJohnny;29188767]I hate that it tries to entertain me as if I have problems paying attention or something. If I'm going to ignore the video, stuffing it with happy tree friends isn't going to make a difference. Make it purely informative.[/QUOTE] Have you even read youtube comments before? It's not necessary to get permission if it falls under the fair use genera.

The thing about Youtube is that it DOESN'T cohere to copyright laws. It shits its pants everytime a corporation sees its content on Youtube, takes it down and says "YOU ARE VIOLATING COPYRIGHT LAW, ENJOY OUR DICK IN YOUR ASS." It doesn't matter if it's "fair use," they'll remove it with the slightest complaint from a corporation. Wow, fuck you youtube and your lying videos. In this video, they explicitly showed someone parodying a song by showing dancing to it, and saying that it's AGAINST copyright law. It was shown to be PROTECTED COMPLETELY by this: [url]http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/20/MNU412FKRL.DTL[/url]

[QUOTE=GeneralFredrik;29188722] [img_thumb]http://i.cubeupload.com/Cfw1mh.jpg[/img_thumb] [B] I AM, THE LAW! [/B][/QUOTE] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycmH1tMp_0s[/media] You are the Log?

Whatever man youtube is stupid.

Google fucked up here.

this is some bullshit.

[IMG]http://filesmelt.com/dl/USA_is_pretty_shitty_place.png[/IMG] Yeah make a video about copyrights. Everyone will care. [sp] Remix shit out of that video and let's see what youtube thinks about that [/sp]

Well, time to re upload this video

Really, I'm usually fairly moderate but this is corporate America at its best. Oh no, this company that makes far too much money doesn't like one song being on here because it will cause next to nothing (read: nothing) in profit loss.

We all use garry's mod right? We upload videos from it? Yep. We are all going against copyright then, because it is not original.

Haha, fuck off youtube.

BRB Closing YT account.

[QUOTE=Mr. Bleak;29189437]Really, I'm usually fairly moderate but this is corporate America at its best. Oh no, this company that makes far too much money doesn't like one song being on here because it will cause next to nothing (read: nothing) in profit loss.[/QUOTE] For a lot of songs on youtube, people probably wouldn't even know they existed if they weren't on youtube, it's pretty much free advertising.

And opening a new one. Ow my automerge.