YouTube copyright issues
Any internet user who owns a Google account is generally able to upload video contents to YouTube regardless of his or her involvement with the creating process, with the video then published under the uploader's control. If the uploader has applied monetizing settings then he or she may earn a remit from that video.
The context
According to YouTube, when a person creates an original work that is fixed in a physical medium, he or she automatically owns copyright to the work. The owner has the exclusive right to use the work in certain, specific ways.[1] YouTube has developed an automate system which can scan uploaded videos against a database of media content submitted to the Content ID system by various third parties.[2] If audio-visual contents in an uploaded video matches content from the database, YouTube produces a copyright notice indicating that third party content has been matched with the video.[3] When this happens, a 'match policy' set in advance by the copyright holder is applied, the result of which can vary from applying the original copyright holder's monetizing settings on the content or blocking the content from viewing on YouTube.
2013 controversy
In December 2013, YouTube enabled automated Content ID claiming on videos uploaded by users who were signed with multi-channel networks.[4] Previously, videos uploaded to channels that were linked to MCNs could only be claimed manually or removed with a DMCA takedown. This led to a large amount of new claims which suddenly left uploaders unable to place advertisements on their videos until they disputed. Users such as Angry Joe created videos complaining about the changes and how they would negatively affect the livelihoods of video creators.[5]
The sudden increase in claims especially affected channels which uploaded content featuring video games (such as Let's Plays) and movies (such as reviews).
Fine Brothers controversy
2015-2016 fair use controversy
Outcries arose from the YouTube community in late 2015 and onward, regarding the unfair removal of YouTube videos and even entire channels based upon supposed copyright infringement allegations, many of which were invalid as no fair use laws were broken. Much of the controversy erupted when a review of the film Cool Cat Saves the Kids by the channel I Hate Everything was removed from YouTube on November 9, 2015.[6] Videos by large channels such as Channel Awesome and Markiplier were being taken down, and even entire channels, including I Hate Everything, were deleted from the website; complaints sparked across YouTube, as well as on the social media site Twitter.[7][8]
The channel for I Hate Everything has since been restored to YouTube.
On February 26, 2016, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki responded to the controversy on Twitter, writing "Thank you @YouTube community for all the feedback. We're listening".[9]
References
- ↑ "What is copyright?".
- ↑ "YouTube's Approach To Copyright Claims Could Scare Off Streamers".
- ↑ "Youtube and the dreaded third party content match".
- ↑ Campbell, Colin (2013-12-11). "YouTube defends copyright crackdown". Polygon. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
- ↑ Vargas, Joe (2013-12-11), Youtube Copyright Disaster! Angry Rant, retrieved 2016-05-07
- ↑ Foxworth, Chris (13 November 2015). "Daddy Derek: The Wiseau-Tier filmmaker and his fall from viral fame to viral hatred.". TheFoxworth. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ↑ Butler, Mark (4 February 2016). "The Trouble With YouTube". Wow 24/7. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ↑ Chingcuangco, Alexi (21 February 2016). "YouTube Fair Use: Nostalgia Critic, Alex of I Hate Everything, Markiplier Rally Against Unjust Copyrights". Morning Ledger. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ↑ Tamburro, Paul (27 February 2016). "YouTube Responds to #WTFU, Claims it Will "Strengthen Communication with Creators"". access-date=22 March 2016.