[videoblogging] Re: Copyright and fair use... the situation is resolved.
Well, the good news is I worked out a compromise. The bad news is the video I just spent 10+ hours working on will never be posted. She wants me to sever all connection to her from the video, remove her name, the metatags and the youtube response connection so that nobody watching her stuff will find my stuff. But I can keep the video. Otherwise, she will hunt me down, her team is researching my website server right now to have it shut down. She will ask youtube to delete my entire account. She says she will begin a two year legal battle. And she will sue me for slander if I start blogging about it or speaking in forums. I'm avoiding using her name right now because geez, she would not be happy if she found out I was talking about it. I briefly thought about becoming a martyr for fair use but quickly came to my senses. I get to keep the video! --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, ractalfece [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm taking your advice, Jay. All this pointy headed thinking has put me in the mood to make a humorous video about this situation. Controversy gets you views. And it makes the jokes better. since no one is making money hereit seems more a matter of this woman not having a sense of humor. god knows Ive been skewed in my time. John, just post this video to blip if Youtube is going to take it down. if anything, controversy gets you views.
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Copyright and fair use... the situation is resolved.
so much for living in the now :) On Dec 24, 2007, at 12:20 AM, ractalfece wrote: Otherwise, she will hunt me down, her team is researching my website server right now to have it shut down. She will ask youtube to delete my entire account. She says she will begin a two year legal battle. And she will sue me for slander if I start blogging about it or speaking in forums. I'm avoiding using her name right now because geez, she would not be happy if she found out I was talking about it. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Copyright and fair use... the situation is resolved.
Well, the good news is I worked out a compromise. The bad news is the video I just spent 10+ hours working on will never be posted. She wants me to sever all connection to her from the video, remove her name, the metatags and the youtube response connection so that nobody watching her stuff will find my stuff. But I can keep the video. Otherwise, she will hunt me down, her team is researching my website server right now to have it shut down. She will ask youtube to delete my entire account. She says she will begin a two year legal battle. And she will sue me for slander if I start blogging about it or speaking in forums. I'm avoiding using her name right now because geez, she would not be happy if she found out I was talking about it. i wonder if she has a psychic assassination squad. these dudes in blue jumpsuits who meditate outside your housethe bad kind of meditating. black meditation. seems like a bad deal, but maybe worth the hassle of fighting Youtube and her DMCA takedown request. this kind of thing sends a chill through the creative air. again, I ask the question: Why is is perfectly normal, accepted, and encouraged to use blocks of text from someone's text blog in your own text blog? No one would scream copyright infringement if I took your entire text blog post, and responded to each paragraph. this would be called criticism, parody, and CONVERSATION. Can you imagine someone emailing Blogger because I used part of your text blog? no one would respond, or need to respond. But if a videoblogger uses any part of someone else's video, it becomes copyright infringement. Has the MPAA infected our minds with ideas of piracy that we're crazy? Youtube is so sensitive to people posting Simpson's clipsthat its extending to anyone using anyone's else's clips. The threat of Youtube deleting your account kills the connection between people's work. Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 Video: http://ryanishungry.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/jaydedman Photos: http://flickr.com/photos/jaydedman/ RSS: http://tinyurl.com/yqgdt9
