YouTube Removing Sound From Music Videos Rather Than Takedowns?
from the hurray-for-bad-user-experiences dept
Damon writes in to point out what seems like a strange decision on YouTube's part. In response to at least some complaints from record labels concerning music videos, rather than take down the whole video, as was done in the past, apparently it's just removing the sound, leaving odd, slightly creepy, soundless videos. The end result? Annoyed and confused users having a bad experience. Update: So it turns out that YouTube gives users the option of muting the sound or having the whole video removed. Still seems like an odd way to handle the issue.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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If you want to change the way the young use and pay for content on the net then youtube is the place to do it. But it seems just as likely people will slowly migrate to other sharing sites with less restrictive rules.
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Dammit, I wish the media companies would realize that YouTube is not the enemy,
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YouTube mutes one video, recording company stops bitching for a while, we still watch what we want.
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Do you really expect the average user to figure out YouTube did this because of the record labels, rather than thinking that their computer was broken? Or another dozen other reasons?
I fix computers for a living for the Average Joe. Oh Lordy would they believe their computer was infected. I'm getting out of this hell-hole as fast as I can.
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Have you ever tried to license music for a home video to play on youtube or another site legally? You have three options. Do not license anything. License a song that no one has ever heard of from a royalty free site (99% do not contain lyrics) for $25 to $100. Or, license a known song from your favorite band from one of the few sites that provide these terms for rates starting at $1000. Those are not reasonable.
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Guitar Lesson Scene
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As for the Guitar Lesson scenario, at least most bands and record executives have realized that going after those teaching people to play is a little over the top. I mean even Lars Ulrich made a video saying how awesome it was that some little kid was playing the solo to One on YouTube (In basketball we call this a make up call, in real life we just point out that Ulrich was a jackass in the first place).
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A very good strategy
I propose that each and every one of us be vigilant about infringing YouTube videos and report any that you find back to the RIAA or MPAA so that these Authorities can take the appropriate action.
Not allowing the punter to hear your music is an excellent way to promote it.
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are they completely daft?
BAM! New customer, right there.
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Isn't there some kind of double standard here?
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Youtube Fails It
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Actually, they offer another solution
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I'd love to see indie bands step up and offer their music as "hassle-free replacement music." Youtube could start a high-profile program designed to keep your videos RIAA-free. "I'm sorry, that band is signed to Warner, who eat all the dicks. Perhaps you'd like to replace it with this band from CD Baby?"
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This is what they emailed to me in the notice.
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Oddly enough...
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When my video got suspended...
Even though it was off an album entitled "Harley-Davidson Songs of the Road", and the fact H-D in order for these washed-up artists to promote using their name, demanded that dealerships would be allowed to use the music in promotions, and the fact this video was one I made while working at an H-D Dealership, and branded with the dealer's logo...
I just said "F' that!" and removed the content. Maybe if more people start just dropping content, these washed up artists like the "Doobie Brothers" would realize their exposure is suffering, and pull back their dogs.
Maybe Google should just get a blanket ASCAP license for content, and tell RIAA to beat it.
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copyright
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follow the Music
So they are getting a two-fer, they can piss off youtube viewers, and piss on the 'mix' sites that were using sites like youtube to gather 'freely available' music off the net.
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I found a kind of solution...
http://modarchive.org/ for the content. Use VLC from
http://www.videolan.org/ to convert to .wav , and then you have all the royalty free tunes you could want for a backdrop to your video! :D
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I'm surprised by Techdirt's response
There were a few ways I anticipated Mike might take this news, but instead we just "what a strange decision!"
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For example, there is a Malice Mizer album that I am seriously considering buying regardless of the price. This band come from the other side of the world to me, get no publicity at all in the UK, and went on hiatus when I was 8. If it wasn't for Youtube, I wouldn't even know they ever existed. At the moment I think their videos are fine, but if they aren't then it's a good example of how ridiculous this is.
I hate how record companies are short-sighted like this. They can't understand for the life of them how actual people buy music, and don't want to. They probably wonder why people can't just get permission before they stick videos up. Of course, the fact that most people can't afford two week's wages to pay for the permission probably doesn't really register with them.
Does anyone know which particular companies have thrown a strop about vids on YouTube? It can't be all of them, surely?
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You tube sucks
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solution for the LULZ!
good game nubs, you ruined it.
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is it possible?
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This Sucks
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This Sucks
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Why?
Lastly, WHAT STRATED ALL OF THIS?
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This isn't just for music videos
How is anyone supposed to add music and ambiance to our videos without having to worry about this? I'm not talking about uploading a recorded music video- Im talking a home made video say- on your child's first steps, etc.
Adding some emotional music to it that gives it that 'something', makes it more than a home video. Can you imagine watching Star Wars without it's music? It's pretty much like that. Seems like a waste of time and money for people to concentrate on going after individuals adding good tunes to a home video rather than just after the people uploading music videos and TV shows.
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You Tube - video music
''There are limitations to copyright. It does not, for example, generally protect ideas or facts. In addition, there are some uses of copyright protected materials are authorized by law. This means, for example, that the copyright owner's permission is not required to use their work in a video.''
http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=83734
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Why cant I see the Original songs with the Orginal video?
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truth without censorship
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If you are tired of youtube all together than you should probably leave your bedroom and go interact with the real world ;)
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Too Much Hassle
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Craptube
I could understand bowing down to the corporate gods over the uploading of entire music videos or TV shows or movies.
But, now that Youtube has gone corporate itself, and joined with a behemoth like google, it is showing the same kind of contempt for the individual that you should expect from a bunch of money-grubbing suits - when before, it became so popular as a source of empowerment.
Now, I can't get a 5 minute advocacy video up because I use snippets from copyrighted songs.
I lost a dozen advocacy videos that were highly edited -- using as primary sources videos I took off of Youtube itself that were nothing but wholesale uploads of documentaries or TV news items - not uploaded by the copyright holder. I lose my account and all that hardwork but the account that has 6 10-minute uploads of a whole documentary I took a part of remains....Thanks, craptube...
Any Youtube can point to the copyright holders and say it isn't their fault....Fine. I'll go elsewhere that doesn't have such a cozy relationship with corporations --- corporations who are enforcing copyright law -- not because users are making a profit off the corporation's own sweat and blood (or the sweat and blood of artists they own) --- no -- they are enforcing copyright because they are pissed off they haven't figured out a way to make a buck off the sweat and blood of novice video editors.
Greed. Corporate greed and the flexing of corporate power.
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Ridiculous - YouTube removing audio
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Youtube and covers/mash-ups
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Wonder of science
You really mention here some great points,Good job sir,very helpful post.
electric bike
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