I thought that all the topics we discussed in class were very interesting and could possibly be my favorite week so far. To start the class we watched the “What What in the Butt” song and a parody of it that South Park did to make fun of it, and we then took a deeper dive into Rick Beato and him talking about YouTube taking down videos.
When watching the What What in the Butt song in class I forgot how funny it was because I have not seen it in forever. Also, I remember watching the South Park episode that made a parody of it, which South Park is known for not caring about anyone’s feelings and the consequences. It is one of my favorite shows to watch and there have been multiple times they have been under fire for being offensive, and people wanted to cancel the show. In this instance with the parody of the song, Brownmark Films sued Viacom and Comedy Central for using the song. They claimed it was copyright infringement, but in response Viacom said that in fell into the fair use section, a judge even affirmed that it was under fair use. The judge also said that anyone who watches South Park will know that the show is trying to make fun of the recent craze in society of watching video clips. In South Park they always make episodes about what is currently trending in the world.
Continuing with YoutTube we jumped to Rick Beato a popular youtuber that focuses on music, where he posted a rant video because in one of his videos he played a song for 9 whole seconds and was taken down for copyright. In his rants he goes on to say that YouTube is not the issue with these restrictions, but in actuality it is the artists. The video that was taken down took a lot of preparation and just to be taken down because of 9 seconds can be quite frustrating. Rick posts videos that are educational and appreciative to the songs and artists, which will also promote the music itself. In his rant he explains how a company hired 60 people to go through videos and strike them for copyright and get them taken down, they take down over 250 videos a week. I do believe that copyright rules and regulations are a bit extreme and should not be harsh, especially as far as going to taking all of it down. I think that even if someone is reposting a song or anything that can be thought of copyright should be most of the time left posted, because it does help the artist to get more exposure to people that they may not have listened to it in the first place. Content creators are promoting their work as fans and are trying to get many others more involved in their interests, in the end it will help the artists get more fans and help their career out.
News Article: YouTube Has a Massive False Copyright Claim Problem
This article talks about how Studio 71 has been falsely claiming videos that they do not own any of the content. YouTube is also doing a lousy job trying to resolve the problem that affects their own content creators.
https://www.ccn.com/youtube-has-massive-false-copyright-claim-problem/
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I agree that majority of the time when content creators or just regular people use songs from artists to upload them to their works or to their Instagram stories, it often benefits the artist and often does not bring any loss to the same artist. a lot of the bands Ive come to like through my life have been found because someone I follow on Instagram shared a song to their story. Often when I hear a song I like I look for the artist and listen to them. That usually leads me to become a fan if they are good and I actually tell other people about it. Stuff like this maybe is free publicity and also as a person who often shares my favorite songs on Instagram stories, I can tell you that theres no way of making money of it. It’s purely for enjoyment on my end and my followers possibly find new music through what I share.
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