Probably old, but enraging news.

[Tekken9292]

So yeah, many of you probably know about this already, but anyway:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsb ysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/media /3870355/Warner-and-YouTube-fall-out-of-
tune.html

TL;DR

Warner is being butthurt and YouTube has to delete thousands of videos that contain songs made by Warner artists, and then the artist's accounts itself.

My friend just got a warning that his videos will be deleted. (He had at most 10-20 seconds of music playing at the beginning of his videos, during his logo. Sort of like the early Zero Punctuation vids.) Hours of work gone. All he could do is salvage the videos he deleted from his PC, off from YouTube.

The article says other major companies could follow with the same attitude.

Anyone's account could be next.

I am enraged.

Roar.

[DM692]

Yes, this is old, and yes, it is enraging.

[D-XN]

IF YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO THESE TEN SECONDS OF MUSIC, YOU HAVE TO BUY THE SONG.

SDJDSLGHFAAFHGHG.

enraged.

[YourFutureMaster]

What do you expect? They have no real source of profit left. No one uses AOL anymore, their TV channels aren't very popular anymore, they lost Viacom (no more MTV/Comedy Central/Nikelodian/whatever else they had) etc. They are clutching at straws to avoid their inevitable bankruptcy.

Honestly our entire copyright law needs to be rethought to be practical with the advent of the internet.

[dx5231]

Yes, old news. And it's so damn stupid, they can't just remove the damn movie just because of the fucking song.

[chaw]

the censorship of music on youtube is actually insane. I watch alot of drum covers of rush songs - and their producers also got miffed with youtube, so over 100 videos became redundant due to legal bullshit.

[BlindShoemaker]

now that you mention it, i think they deleted mah naruto amv to Linkin Park's What I've Done

[Tekken9292]

If this grows up to be a bigger deal than it is now, do you think Anonymous would start a LULZ campaign, like it did against Scientology?

Also, I was wrong, they don't delete your videos, they just mute them completely.

Which is even worse. It's like crippling you from the neck down, instead of killing you.

[chaw]

At 3/14/09 02:33 PM, BlindShoemaker wrote: now that you mention it, i think they deleted mah naruto amv to Linkin Park's What I've Done

the world mourns your loss.

[DeIirium]

At 3/14/09 02:33 PM, BlindShoemaker wrote: now that you mention it, i think they deleted mah naruto amv to Linkin Park's What I've Done

Oh god...

[Proottalfain]

At 3/14/09 02:35 PM, DeIirium wrote:

At 3/14/09 02:33 PM, BlindShoemaker wrote: now that you mention it, i think they deleted mah naruto amv to Linkin Park's What I've Done

Oh god...

At least there are good news...

Well guys next time use songs from the AP. Just warn the artist before you do.

[chaw]

At 3/14/09 02:44 PM, Orange wrote: it sure is cold in here

Probably old, but enraging news.
maybe I'm just oblivious to your special form of sarcasm, but I'm certain he stated that in the THREAD TITLE.

[TheJamoke]

Forget vids that border on copyright infringement, YouTube itself needs to be deleted. Mankind has benefited nothing since its inception. In fact, I think we are worse off with it than without it.

At 3/14/09 02:33 PM, BlindShoemaker wrote: now that you mention it, i think they deleted mah naruto amv to Linkin Park's What I've Done

And nothing of value was lost.

At 3/14/09 02:44 PM, Orange wrote: it sure is cold in here

I'd expect that from the noobs, but not from you. C'mon, man, I thought you were better than that.
The op even said this is old, and still you people harp on it like you have nothing better to do than pointing out the shortcomings of others. Much like I am right now.

[ChaDMcBaDD]

At 3/14/09 02:30 PM, YourFutureMaster wrote: Honestly our entire copyright law needs to be rethought to be practical with the advent of the internet.

i agree, the copyright law today is total bullshit.

[DraGoN-RaGe-9001]

At 3/14/09 02:32 PM, dx5231 wrote: Yes, old news. And it's so damn stupid, they can't just remove the damn movie just because of the fucking song.

actually if they own the song and u don't have permission you're beat