## Can someone find the fair use?

Post by Chris12 » Wed Feb 24, 2016 11:49 am

YouTube: We all use it. If you want to find a video its pretty much a given that you can find it on YouTube. If you want to watch a movie then that whole movie is likely to be on YouTube.
For a lot of the owners of those movies that's a bit of a problem. Why pay if you can just watch it on YouTube for free? To address these concerns those owners are granted the ability to protect their copyright on YouTube. They can take down videos that infringe on their copyright and they can take the advertisement revenue for themselves. If a YouTube account gets three copyright strikes its game over for them.
And that's pretty fair....until those people given those rights start to abuse it on mass.
(If you understandingly don't want to read my clumsy explanation then step right this way for the heart of the matter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVqFAMOtwaI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9mTOq6mP2I )
The opposite of these privilege that copyright owners get would be the ''fair use agreement''. In simple terms it means that reviews, discussions, critique, educational use, ''transformative works''(like lets plays) and the content publishers themselves provide before release(like trailers) do not fall under copyright. People can freely post content that falls under fair use. Its what allows game/movie reviewers and the like to actually post their content without asking for special permission each and every time.
If a YouTube video falls under fair use then you're not supposed to file copyright claim against it, you're not supposed to take the video down or grab the money that video earns for yourself....but copyright owners DO and are ALLOWED to do it. When they file a copyright claim YouTube ask no questions and if the claim has been proven falls there are no consequences on the end of the one who filed that claim. They can even keep the money they wrongly took for themselves without having to give it back.
This is a problem for Youtubers who are so good at what they do that they can make a living off of it. When they get their video taken down they get less money to live off and they can't post more video's longer then a certain time until the claim is proven wrong. They will miss out on money and their fans will miss out on videos. At times an entire channel can even be taken down....and that's exactly what happened with Team four star of the dragon ball abridged series!
And the thing is that in a lot of cases those false copyright strikes aren't accidental. They are a deliberate policy to remove voices the copyright holders don't want heard. A while back the by now infamous company Konami made a false claim against a youtuber because he brought to light they were treating their employees like subhumans. Bad reviews in general have a way of getting copyright strikes which actively punishes the one making the video despite the law clearly stating that its not against copyright.
Recently and starting with the famous Nostalgia critic a number of youtubers have started a campaign ''#where's the fair use'' to bring the number of false claims to peoples attention. So I suggest you check it out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVqFAMOtwaI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9mTOq6mP2I

### Re: Can someone find the fair use?

Post by Chris12 » Mon Feb 29, 2016 2:14 pm

How odd. I thought mentioning team four star being murdered would get at least some people upset at it.

### Re: Can someone find the fair use?

Post by AlexUSA » Mon Feb 29, 2016 5:52 pm

It happens with classical music too. I have seen many channels die in this way.
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