Back in February I wrote a post about YouTube’s Content ID coming under fire for false copyright claims. YouTubers complained of inaccurate copyright claims on videos in which they owned the rights to all the content. A couple of months later it looks like Content ID is still causing problems.
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False copyright claims on YouTube videos, such as a recent claim from Rumblefish against a video with sounds of chirping birds caught on camera, have people questioning the effectiveness of YouTube’s Content ID.
Are you on Pinterest? What do you pin? Probably mostly images of pretty things that you like from across the web, right? I mean, that’s what Pinterest is for, isn’t it? Well in theory, yes. But what if I told you that when you pin something, Pinterest uploads a full-resolution copy of it to their own site and that you are solely responsible for all of the implications that go along with that?
It’s the Wild West out here on the Internet. While individual social media companies face lawsuits over copyrights, privacy and antitrust violations, Washington debates bills like SOPA and PIPA to help redefine the law for the Digital Age. This infographic from the Socially Aware blog examines the key moments that led us to what can only be described as a hot, electrically-charged mess.
After yesterday’s SOPA protests and blackouts the anti-SOPA and PIPA movement has got more traction than ever. A pretty impressive amount of Congressman stopped backing the bills yesterday, but there’s still work to do. To that end, we decided to put together a list of some of the most popular SOPA videos on YouTube to educate and inspire action.
As more and more creators look for music that they can legally use in their videos, independent musicians are taking full advantage. I found out about three independent artists that have used the Vimeo Music Store to get discovered, and even make some money to boot.
In an attempt to make copyright management easier and more efficient, YouTube has acquired RightsFlow, a licensing and royalty service provider that works with labels, distributers, artists and music services, helping them to manage their music rights.
Author James Erwin scored big when he sold the movie rights for “Rome, Sweet Rome,” a series of short stories that he wrote on Reddit.com about a group of U.S. Marines that travel back in time to fight the Roman Empire, to Warner Bros. But the deal, which Warner Bros. is referring to as “exclusive” brings up a lot of questions about who really owns the content and whether Erwin really was in a position to sell.
If you tried to watch any of Justin Bieber’s videos yesterday on YouTube then you may have noticed that every single one of them was unavailable, due to a copyright claim by iLCreation.
Blink-182, the pop punk band that asked the infamous question ‘What’s My Age Again?’ all the way back in 1999, is back with their first single in eight years and to celebrate they are rewarding fans that violated copyright by stealing their music on YouTube.
