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Re: 5 Stupid Implications of YouTube’s Video Muting

djteel — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:35:39 -0000

does this mean that the videos that people upload of themselves playing 45rpms and albums ,will also be eleiminated since those songs(records) being 'played' in the videos are copyrighted?if so,youtube can kiss my ass and i won't be visiting their site again.i've found alot of music i haven't been able to find via of those kinds of uploads.

Re: 5 Stupid Implications of YouTube’s Video Muting

djteel — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:29:32 -0000

wouldn't this also end people uploading videos that display thenm playing 45rpms and albums??? songs are copyrighted.i've found alot of music i'd been searching for on youtube via people 'playing' the records in a video.,if youtube goes to the extent of eliminating those types of videos,i'll totally stop using youtube.

Re: 5 Stupid Implications of YouTube’s Video Muting

Johnny — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:13:57 -0000

I have a question to all with rights knowledge :

I found an easy way to go around the automatic removal of the audio, so you can put it up there if you modify a small thing.

But then my question is : Can you expect anything worst then just being cancelled by YouTube ? Could the rights owner sue you ? Some people communicate small professional activities through little videos they put on YouTube and send to their clients that include their email or website adress. Could they risk a lawsuit ?

Re: 5 Stupid Implications of YouTube’s Video Muting

Roque — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:52:22 -0000

If any, this is just another proof on how the outdated copyright system is totally obsolete.

As a funny side effect, I've seen music videos muted even from the artist's official channel.

Re: 5 Stupid Implications of YouTube’s Video Muting

Patrick — Tue, 26 May 2009 10:44:37 -0000

I love these comments about using music.

There's a song by Midnight Oil titled "Short Memory". It's true about this stuff too.

Artists have always riffed on the work of other artists. Classical music is a great example, as is rock music.

It IS creative to use another's work in a different way even if that is purely as background to something you've made. It's rather insulting to argue that someone has to write their own music to be creative - that would cut out Elvis to start with.

This is merely an example of over-reach. The companies don't want to NOT make money from what you do and so stop you from creating things from which YOU don't make money. The fact they'd get no money anyway is irrelevant. They can stop you and so they are - not because of loss of income, not because of concerns about the rights of the original artists, but because they can.

It's a shallow and transparent game they're playing, but they can do it and so they do. They're trying to work out how to make more money. They're not interested in fair use and they're not interested in broadening an audience to their product UNLESS they can see the dollar sign.

Any argument about protecting the authors rights are purely spurious.

Re: 5 Stupid Implications of YouTube’s Video Muting

Thomas — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:28:52 -0000

Unfortuantely they are already muting videos of this type as well. I have had that happen to one of mine. Their "dispute process" is a sham. No one I have talked to has ever had the decision reversed. The type of video you are talking about clearly falls under fair use and the courts have even ruled as such. But the only to get your video unmuted is to change the audio to one of their "pre-licensed" tracks or record your self singing the song that never ends or some crap.

Re: 5 Stupid Implications of YouTube’s Video Muting

Your Name* — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:40:12 -0000

It is idiotic for real, I just posted two vids of me talking, no copyright infringement there unless they think I stole someone else's voice or something and i used a piece of music from garage band at the beginning is this copyright infringement?

I am about to ban youtube i tell you.

Re: 5 Stupid Implications of YouTube’s Video Muting

Your Name* — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:39:03 -0000

I am about to ban youtube i tell you.

Re: 5 Stupid Implications of YouTube’s Video Muting

buddi budinski — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:14:49 -0000

think of it as move by the media corporations to reclaim control of content.
and it doesn't end there. have you tried downloading a youtube video lately?

Re: 5 Stupid Implications of YouTube’s Video Muting

buddi budinski — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:14:49 -0000

think of it as move by the media corporations to reclaim control of content.
and it doesn't end there. have you tried downloading a youtube video lately?

Re: 5 Stupid Implications of YouTube’s Video Muting

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Re: 5 Stupid Implications of YouTube’s Video Muting

Anas — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:29:27 -0000

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Re: 5 Stupid Implications of YouTube’s Video Muting

Rhys — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 17:17:31 -0000

This is completely idiotic. I can't believe they're tightening down on this, it's stupid. My friend's video has just been muted for putting it in his Call of Duty montage, and he only put it up today!

Muting Youtube videos is so petty. Why would someone download half a song which includes gun shots and background noise, the song is just there for effect! And respectively, the music is being advertised so what's the point of muting it.

I hope youtube see drop rates of users, maybe they'll realize that this copyright nuisance is pathetic and idiotic.

Re: 5 Stupid Implications of YouTube’s Video Muting

Rhys — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 17:17:31 -0000

I hope youtube see drop rates of users, maybe they'll realize that this copyright nuisance is pathetic and idiotic.

Re: 5 Stupid Implications of YouTube’s Video Muting

NN — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:33:59 -0000

The marginal utility of a little more money is pretty low when you're used to receiving far too much of the stuff for only a little work. That means the carrot of monetising music in new ways isn't very appealing to the old-time music industry.

OTOH the fear of losing control you've grown accustomed to having is a powerful motivator in the absence of a positive goal to work towards. It's the source of most anxiety whether you're a music exec or some other kind of primate.

Carrots don't always beat sticks - it depends on the perceived size of each. The music industry believes they have everything to lose and diminishing returns to gain. And they're basically right, because their position is a bubble built on technological scarcity that no longer exists. Cornered animals don't generally behave well, and this will get more interesting before it's resolved. Sit back and enjoy the show.

Re: 5 Stupid Implications of YouTube’s Video Muting

NN — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:33:59 -0000

Re: 5 Stupid Implications of YouTube’s Video Muting

ShitSexistsSay3 — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:48:44 -0000

I don't think it's the copyright holders.. I think it's the record labels who own the masters. Why do they have to be such killjoys?

Re: 5 Stupid Implications of YouTube’s Video Muting

l8ryoutube — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:49:57 -0000

I just deleted my youtube account.

Problem solved.

I suggest about another 40+ million more of you do so as well. Enough of the games, music is part of our lives. You can't control everything. When will these fuktards learn that?

Their business model is WAY outdated, get with the times or die off dinosaur recording industry..

Re: 5 Stupid Implications of YouTube’s Video Muting

Jay Cuthrell — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 09:37:50 -0000

Facebook is doing this as well:

from Facebook
date [removed]
subject Notification of Alleged Copyright Violation
mailed-by facebookmail.com

Hello,

We have removed your video entitled "[removed]" uploaded at [removed]. We did this because we learned that your video might include copyrighted material owned by a third party, such as a video clip or background audio.

If you are the copyright owner, or have permission from the rights holder to upload and distribute this material on Facebook, you may file a counter notice of alleged infringement by following the link below.

Please note that if you re-upload this video without filing a counter notice, or if you upload another video that infringes on the rights of a third party, our system will again remove the content. This could cause your access to the Facebook Video application to be disabled, or your Facebook account to be disabled.

To file a counter notice:
File a Counter Notification

For any other questions, view our Help page.

The Facebook Team

Re: 5 Stupid Implications of YouTube’s Video Muting

Anonymous — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:52:29 -0000

This is the most disturbing implication of YouTube's video muting: Censoring funerals.

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Re: 5 Stupid Implications of YouTube’s Video Muting

BP — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 11:35:12 -0000

Re: Steve Darmis
"I BOUGHT the music I used on itunes, and now they are saying I canâ€™t use the song in a sideshow I made?"

No you *licensed* the music for limited personal use from iTunes, and that limited license never included universal sync rights.

It's not even sync rights, warner has pulled all their music from youtube, because they don't think they're getting compensated fairly. Clearly they're getting more money from myspace, lala and imeem and want to get an similar deal from youtube.

Re: 5 Stupid Implications of YouTube’s Video Muting

Martijn Westerink — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 06:08:15 -0000

Nooo I have hundreds of clips from all my favourite live concerts since like 2005 on there! They have value to me, don't touch that!

Re: 5 Stupid Implications of YouTube’s Video Muting

Ana — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 04:16:55 -0000

Alex: You bought the song or the rights to use that song in that video?

"And the audioswap library is a piece of crap with all this stupid pop -_-"

You get what you payed for :-)

Re: 5 Stupid Implications of YouTube’s Video Muting

Alex — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:26:39 -0000

When I actually have BOUGHT the song, YouTube muted it. I'm sick of the record labels. The only artist that I can really understand is about Prince and why all of his songs are muted. Go on, look it up, every single one of "When Doves Cry" are muted. I sometimes make Sims 2 videos (One on my channel that has been of course, MUTED.) and I can't share them if they're going to be copyrighted. And the audioswap library is a piece of crap with all this stupid pop -_-

Re: 5 Stupid Implications of YouTube’s Video Muting

Stepha — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:48:08 -0000

i am a dancer. Does this mean that i can't post videos wiht background music anymore?? Ok, first of all, we shouldn't have to pay for music in the first place. People shoudl make music for the love of it and not for the money. You tube was the one place that made snese because i could listen to music all i wanted. And now they took that away too? What do i do if i need advice from youtubers on dancing? write in teh description box: sorry there is no beat, youtube decided to mute all my videos, but have fun watching my ballet shoes move in silence for 2 minutes.

If youtube doesnt fix this problem soon, people are going to stop using it. When myspace got corrup like that, everyoen left. I don't knwo a single person who uses it anymore. Youtube is going to be the same thing. Plus, when you do "audioswap", the songs are CRAP...sorry but it's true