CITIZEN of the INTERNET

I am a

How does the Internet feel about Copyright?

... how does copyright feel about the Internet?

The filings prohibit the use of those phrases, which all come from her 2014 album 1989, from appearing without a license on everything from guitar straps and other accessories to removable tattoos.

typewriters, walking sticks, non-medicated toiletries, Christmas stockings, pot holders, lanyards, aprons, napkin holders and the particularly ominous collection of "whips, harness

and saddlery."

Some of the more obscure items covered by her trademarks include

On 26 Oct 2012, a YouTube user named crimewriter95

posted a full-length version of Pulp Fiction,

rearranged in chronological order.

" The Legendary movie itself placed in chronological order

Please no copyright infringement.

I only put this up as a project

there are about

2,480,000

disclaimers like this

The most common disclaimer "No Copyright Intended"

which, despite its ambiguous meaning, is as effective as

going 180 Km/H with a sign that says "no speeding intended"

Unfortunately, claiming fair use doesn't mean that the work

qualified as fair use. Only a court can determine that

but it may set a sympathetic tone for you ... as the defendant in a lawsuit

Under current copyright law nearly every cover song on YT is technically illegal. Every

Quite probably illegal, though largely untested in court.

fan-made music video

mashup album

supercut

fanfic story?

WHAT'S THE

MENTAL MODEL

OF COPYRIGHT?

is it primarily a claim of authorship?

is there a generational divide in copyright morality?

 YouTube penalties

• Community Guideline Strikes​
   

• Copyright Strikes/DMCA Takedown Notices
   

• ContentID Matches
   

• "Contractual Obligations"

1. The claimant submits a 'copyright removal form' that needs to include details of the video in question, and why they feel it is subject to copyright.

2. YouTube will then remove that video content until the uploader decides to file a counter claim.

ContentIDpocalypse

1. Purpose and Character (Is it transformative?)

2. Nature of the Copied Work (Fact or Fiction?)

3. Amount & Substantiality (How much did you use?)

4. Effect on Market Value (Does your use affect the maker’s profit?)

Uses that qualify for exemption (in the US) include education, criticism, commentary, parody, news reporting, scholarship, and research.

3....2.....1....

Innocent until proven guilty?

A Let’s Play thread, or LP, is a thread in which a person or group plays through a video game and chronicles their progress by posting videos, screenshots with accompanying text, or a mixture of both

'Let's Plays' are making some YouTubers a ridiculous amount of money, but since there's never been anything like it in the past, no one knows exactly how to deal with it.

I think filing claims against LPers is backwards. Video games aren’t like movies or TV. Each play-through is a unique audiovisual experience.

 

When I see a film that someone else is also watching, I don’t need to see it again. When I see a game that someone else is playing, I want to play that game for myself!

 

Sure, there may be some people who watch games rather than play them, but are those people even gamers?
 

~  Zack Scott

Nintendo seems to acknowledge that providing let’s players with a financial incentive to continue playing their games and bringing them to the public eye is better than not having those games on YouTube at all.

channel, the split will be 60% user, 40% Nintendo

between the content creators and Nintendo. For the average

Now, the Creators Program will divide the ad revenue