Welcome back to IO, where we occasionally complain about youtube, because honestly,
complaining about youtube seems to be the only way that youtube takes action about its
many faults.
Right now, I’m going to bring to light an issue that seems to be getting worse for content
creators on youtube, and that issue is copyright.
Before I get into this video, tell me In the comments, Is it right that a copyright holder
is able to claim the entire revenue of a 10 to 15 minute video over a couple of seconds
of use of their content?
Why or why not?
By the way, if you’re looking for a news source on youtube that talks about stories
that are actually relevant to you, hit that subscribe button
Creators I know like leon lush are getting the revenue of an entire video claimed by
copyright holders even though they might only use a couple seconds of a song for reference,
or for a joke.
And huge Creators like pewdiepie have said that even when they hum, lets say the theme
song from halo, the entire video gets claimed.
Pewdiepie touched more on this in one of his recent videos, but I honestly didn’t realize
how bad the issue was.
Listen, as an artist, I constantly deal with copyright issues.
People conveniently forget to credit me even when I ask for it in advance.
So I get where the copyright holder is coming from.
But I also don’t think that I have the right to claim all the revenue of a video that maybe
talked about my copyrighted material once for a couple of seconds, or referenced it,
or used it as a joke.
Do you know how hard it is to create at least 10 minutes of good, funny, original content
for youtube, and how much of a piss off it is for someone to claim all the revenue for
your original content because you used a couple seconds of copyrighted material?
The problem is, almost every person who uploads content to youtube uses copyrighted material
at some point.
It could be video, images, music, or just using a quote.
We all do it.
So here’s what happens when you get a copyright notice or claim on your video.
When you upload a video to youtube, youtube scans your video against a database of audio
and video content submitted to the content ID system by copyright owners.
If any content in an uploaded video (like music), matches content from the database,
youtube sends a copyright notice indicating that third party content has been identified.
Then 3 different things can happen from there.
#1, the video can be blocked or removed.
#2, audio can be muted.
#3, a third party ad an run over the video to monetize the content used in the video
and compensate the content owners for the use of their content.
The 3rd option is the most commonly used option, and the most fair.
That way, everyone gets paid, and no one suffers all that much.
Content id, however, is a system that gets it wrong sometimes.
It can be completely hit and miss.
As a creator, you’re basically just uploading content with the hopes that nothing will happen,
and if it does, its like, oh well, I guess im not making money today.
Under fair use, you can reuse copyright protected material under certain circumstances without
getting permission from the copyright owner.
Depending on what country you are from, fair use laws vary.
But in the united states, works of commentary, criticism, research, teaching or news reporting
might be considered fair use.
Think about the kind of content that does well on youtube.
Reactions, commentary, reviews, criticism, news.
All of those topics rely on being able to use a piece of copyrighted material for reference.
The worst part about all of this, is copyright holders can abuse the system, very easily,
because its up to the copyright holder to decide if they want to claim the video, regardless
of how long, or how much of their copyrighted content is used in the video.
And the creator cant really do all that much about it.
The point is, the system is broken.
So how can creators prevent this?
Unless you don’t use any copyrighted material whatsoever?
Not a whole lot.
On youtube’s website, it states that you will probably want to get legal advice from
an expert before uploading videos that contain copyright-protected material.
That, and you could get a license, or permission to use music in a video.
So unless you consult a lawyer on every single video you post, or get licenses which can
be very expensive, theres not much you can do.
This issue is going to get even worse with the implementation of article 13, which could
effectively change this platform as we know it.
I’m really interested to see how youtube fixes this problem, or if they plan to fix
it at all.
Anyways guys that is all I have for you on this, let me know in the comments down below.
I’m going to respond to some comments.
If you want some more info on article 13, check out the video that’s currently flashing
on your screen, but for now I’m going to do some comment replies.
Merci promise – can I apply for citizenship to the potato kingdom?
Things in America are nuts.
I much prefer yams.
Avi cobb – no you’re a potato.
No u.
Batman who drank a cocaine cocktail – nah bro. cyber bullyng can be avoided by just
blocking someone, simple.
Actually that doesn’t always work.
I blocked someone who was cyber bullying me and he found my email and started sending
threatening messages.
Holaitsleah – hey!
Where do you get your awesome clothes charlotte.
They’re cute.
Thanks very much, I get asked this a lot.
Honestly it doesn’t really matter where you get the clothes, if you follow fashion
bloggers you can copy their outfits and buy clothes that are similar for way less.
Bloggers I follow are emma hill, august diaries and laura jade stone.
Antwon brown – hi charlotte, I wish you a merry Christmas and hope you’ll be safe.
Thanks antwon.
Just wanted to let you guys know that I’m going to be away next week for the holidays
so johnny will be covering for me.