[QUOTE=Pantz Master;49815656]So who's fault is this? That's how it goes, I'm sorry that youtube content creators can't afford to fund lawsuits like this, but this was bound to happen. In the past we had major corporations with bottomless bank accounts, and these were the only content creators in the game. Now we have any random youtuber trying to jump in the game. He's obviously not going to be able to compete with that kind of money, that's just how it goes.
Again, everything you said here is subjective. Who are you to say that Tyrone isn't altering the content?
Obviously I agree with you on these cases. I had no idea who this Tyrone guy was until 2 days ago, and he is being a scumbag. But where is the line drawn? You don't get to decide that, a court does.[/QUOTE]
It's the government's fault for refusing to replace one of the most poorly thought out and worst written pieces of legislation in American history. It's also Youtube's fault for siding with corporations over the people who pay their bills. The only reason copyright holders abuse the content ID system is because they can with no effort or consequences. All they have to do to destroy a person's livelihood is press one button, and if Youtube finally says they were wrong in doing that? Literally nothing happens to them. If they had to file a DMCA claim to have these videos taken down, the videos wouldn't be taken down, because the copyright holders would never bother. If they filed a DMCA claim to take down, say, I Hate Everything's undeniably fair use video, and he refused, they'd have to sue him. They would never sue him when they know 100% they would lose, and intentionally abusing copyright law in that way is punishable.
The problem is that they don't have to obey the law. Google has set up this perfect little system that lets them ignore the law and do pretty much whatever they want. Google could just turn off the entire content ID system and this problem would disappear overnight. Require companies to file an actual DMCA claim with the content creator the way the system is supposed to work, instead of creating an intentionally broken system that allows copyright holders to literally be above the law. The Youtube copyright system is the best example of massive companies helping eachother make shitloads of money by exploiting loopholes in the law.
[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;49813563]Apparently GradeAUnderA likes this video a lot.[/QUOTE]
I watched GradeA's vid about it and he seems like he's talking about more how "fair use" can be easily abused as a copyright claim can be.
In fact I really don't think is all about "fair use", I feel like this is more about how youtube competence when dealing with copyright issues and other community guidelines issues has fallen greatly and how google is just relying on artificial judgement to be a final deciding factor.
You can't replace artificial judgement with human judgement, especially when AI is still quite primitive at this point in today's technology.
Oh god now I'm remembering when Twitch was about to be bought by Google and they implemented that stupid audio mute thing that drove a lot of users away so much that the owners retracted their offer and went to Amazon instead.
What it really comes down to is; Youtubers can't afford the same royalties as TV station/ networks, so it's unfair for large companies to expect same $250,000 licence fees and for god knows what reason, they aren't willing to negotiate for a percentage of the profits. The nut jobs in charge of those large media companies don't even want more than 5 people in a room watching a movie at once. What the fine brother
Then Google in their infinite wisdom, came up with the most automated system they could to shrift responsibility regarding copyright law away from them. Then some con artist dickheads decided to abuse it to make a quick buck.
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