YouTube Launches Myth Perpetuating 'Copyright School'; Dismisses Remixes As 'Not Original'
from the sad dept
I know that YouTube/Google are in a big legal fight with Viacom over infringing works on YouTube, and that YouTube has been bending over backwards to help copyright holders either takedown or monetize infringing works, but I'm both surprised and disappointed by YouTube's new "copyright school." You can see the video below:As Copycense points out, if you actually want a copyright/fair use lesson on YouTube, you're better off watching this video from Rocketboom:
Update: And, really, if we're going to be showing "educational" videos about copyright, how can we forget this one, care of Nina Paley:
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But there wasn't any punchline :(
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I had much the same reaction.
It even has the Techdirt Troll's Obsession with getting an experienced copyright lawyer to judge infringement or not. If they were telling the truth they wouldn't have put this weird advice in.
I'm guessing that some group at youtube tricked a really obsessive "experienced copyright lawyer" to go completely overboard, and then had an animator with a sense of humor illustrate the overboard nature of experienced copyright lawyering.
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Comments Disable? 4:1 now
I look forward to the fair use video responses to this. Might even put something together myself for upload.
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Damning....
You know? This statement above is a powerful and damning statement against Copyright's continued existence. And the reality behind it infuriates me.
Copyright is a -MONOPOLY- power granted by -WE THE PEOPLE- and now we're being told that -WE THE 'LITTLE' PEOPLE- aren't even allowed near the borders of Copyright?
Screw Copyright. REPEAL IT.
Seriously, No Copyright can't be worse that this Boat-Anchor around our necks.
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and most of the video to be ironic (and funny). It seemed to be pretty tongue in cheek the whole time and seemed to say "This is what we have to deal with"
But maybe I'm reading too much into it :)
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I immediately thought the old canada is full of pirates rant..
Although I think Rocky was a flying squirrel maybe it isn't a beaver afterall. Bullwinkle was always the bumbling idiot that Rocky had to put up with so I guess that fits with the whole tongue in cheek feeling of the video :)
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Home of the Frostbite Falls Picayune Intelligencer publishing empire.
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3 strikes
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As for misusing the DMCA process, they still need something that works both ways for this. If I say something about someone and they say it's a lie, they try to sue me. If it's found out that they sued erroneously, then I am allowed to sue them for the initial suit. Thus, if my content is removed wrongfully, and is proven so, why then would I not be entitled to restitution?
I also love they way that the Fair Use information (of which they explain little and provide no examples of positive Fair Use for comparison) and the information at the end about how to find more about Copyright via YouTube was drowned out by noise and moving images.
They also failed to mention that because you are making that video more available to the public, that interest in the creator of the video and his content will grow, thus making him more money.
Now, the question is if we make a parody of this video, and explain each point they make and how they are in error, is that Fair Use or do they get to sue us?
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Aren't the characters from Happy Tree Friends?
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Yes, they are Happy Tree Friends.
Weird, they've used characters from a cartoon famous for bloody, violent deaths.
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Please Learn What "Remix" Means
Music made from samples does not = remix.
A remix is literally re-mixing ("Mixing" is a very specific term in audio production), by default, remixes sound similar to the original source.
Kutiman makes sample-based music. That's what it's called. Not a remix. DJ Shadow makes instrumental hip hop out of samples, not remixes. The Verve's "Bittersweet Symphony" was not a remix of a Rolling Stones song, but the relatively recent version of Elvis' "A Little Less Conversation" was a remix. Moby/RJD2/FlyingLotus/etc make sample-based music. Tiesto does remixes. Fourtet does remixes.
These are very different things, and have different legal standings. A remix overwhelmingly uses the original source material, but rearranges it into something different. Sometimes "new" but not necessarily, many times remixing is just adding a dance beat so a softer song can be made "hard" enough for the dance floor. Sample-based music is generally made from numerous sources and rarely reflects the original recordings.
For god's sake, just check Wiki for more clarity.
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Disliked
I also took the opportunity to like the other 3.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2MZi0tmzo0
... it may be a bit old, but enjoy the find
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Parody
Why would they use characters from one hell of a brutal show for this?
Why would the whole video be in a slightly mocking tone?
Because youtube is mocking copyright regulations.
Now I applaud those that actually noticed that throughout the whole video it was doing a parody of what the copyright-holders love to say. This video is truly tongue in cheeck
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Disliked it on YouTube
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The Pot Calling The Kettle Black
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The real fair use banned
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