The dilemma for me in this is that YouTube rolled out advertising after this video was removed (and I don’t participate in that). So in theory no one was making money. I could submit the counter notice and get the video back up but then I would be putting myself at risk of being sued. While I’m obviously not making money off the video defending myself against the corporate machine would be costly.

The ridiculous thing is that many of the videos that were removed from YouTube were acapella and karaoke videos. Some were people talking with music in the background. Does that mean that if I want to post such a video that I need to start making up my own songs? And if I start shooting a video and music happens to be on in the background, do I need to tell them to turn the music off? Because that is utterly ridiculous.

I do think that fair use needs to be defined more especially in how it relates to home videos and fans. I’m not a bootlegger and should not be treated as such.

The dilemma for me in this is that YouTube rolled out advertising after this video was removed (and I don’t participate in that). So in theory no one was making money. I could submit the counter notice and get the video back up but then I would be putting myself at risk of being sued. While I’m obviously not making money off the video defending myself against the corporate machine would be costly.

The ridiculous thing is that many of the videos that were removed from YouTube were acapella and karaoke videos. Some were people talking with music in the background. Does that mean that if I want to post such a video that I need to start making up my own songs? And if I start shooting a video and music happens to be on in the background, do I need to tell them to turn the music off? Because that is utterly ridiculous.

I do think that fair use needs to be defined more especially in how it relates to home videos and fans. I’m not a bootlegger and should not be treated as such.

My only take on this is just alluding to the fact that it was Prince song implies that maybe their was music in the background and the computer notification made an error by realizing what you were doing should not have constituted a copyright infringement. However, this goes into another discussion into freedom of speech.

Shouldn’t you be allowed to discuss an artist’s work, lip syncing, playing around without the fear of having your youtube account taken down?!

I can understand if you had music in the background even if it was a short bit because the main issue with using youtube is that once you place a video on youtube that it is for “commercial use” meaning that anyone can take the video and possibly copy it and sell it for a profit.

This is where the artist loses out, the publishing company, etc.

However, the courts have to decide what is “fair use” because now I am not to sure of a legal definition that is right when it comes to cases that are developing right before out eyes.

Thanks for sharing your story! Adds to my understanding of all the confusion we are in.

Do that counter suit and keep us informed!

My only take on this is just alluding to the fact that it was Prince song implies that maybe their was music in the background and the computer notification made an error by realizing what you were doing should not have constituted a copyright infringement. However, this goes into another discussion into freedom of speech.

Shouldn’t you be allowed to discuss an artist’s work, lip syncing, playing around without the fear of having your youtube account taken down?!

I can understand if you had music in the background even if it was a short bit because the main issue with using youtube is that once you place a video on youtube that it is for “commercial use” meaning that anyone can take the video and possibly copy it and sell it for a profit.

This is where the artist loses out, the publishing company, etc.

However, the courts have to decide what is “fair use” because now I am not to sure of a legal definition that is right when it comes to cases that are developing right before out eyes.

Thanks for sharing your story! Adds to my understanding of all the confusion we are in.

Do that counter suit and keep us informed!