Copyright War

[Demi-fiend]

I wasn't sure where to put this, but because movie studios are also doing this, I might as well leave it here, anyway.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/jimquisition/8565-Copyright-War

 

[Vergil'sBitch]

When SRS was posting podcasts to Youtube, he had them taken down because he was using the Japanese music from the Japanese version of Power Rangers (or something like that).

Personally, I'm on the side of the YouTuber. Say someone has uploaded some game footage. It's practically free advertising for the game and the company behind it.
I'm not sure about movies... but from a gaming POV, it's more clearer.

 

[Dark Drakan]

Personally, I'm on the side of the YouTuber. Say someone has uploaded some game footage. It's practically free advertising for the game and the company behind it.
I'm not sure about movies... but from a gaming POV, it's more clearer.

Most games developers are on the side of the Youtuber for this very same reason.

 

[Demi-fiend]

Glad to hear it. Hopefully, we'll be able to take youtube back and/or create a new vid site just for us.

 

[V]

Most things I have got into and become an avid fan of down the years have been through sharing, and I later go buy all the products legit. Without this means of dissemination I would never have heard of them and not bought them. If companies think sharing, reviewing and advertising this way is a bad thing for business, they are extremely dumb.

It also sounds like some person or algorithm is going nuts out there, which isn't a surprise.

 

[KRSkull]

I am with the Youtubers but i accidentally voted undecided. I know some youtube artists that uploaded there original music and UMG blocked it on copyright grounds. they blocked the original and not the covers.

 

[Chancey289]

The people duh. Also from the looks of it, this seems to be mainly Youtube's doing because there were companies who are totally cool with the people doing their Let's Plays. It's also most likely an algorithm furiously hitting these things like some kind of wildfire.

 

[Super90sgamer]

So yet another time that Google and their new system has messed something up in a big way, now people that own all the rights to their own stuff are feeling the sting