Over the last couple of years, YouTube's Content ID copyright system has been a bit of a pain for quite a few YouTubers, particularly those that rely on Fair Use. Currently, if a claim is made on a video, monetization immediately stops, which means the creator isn't making any money …
Read More »The Fine Bros to give up trademarks and release Content ID claims
The last few days haven't been great for The Fine Bros. Towards the end of last week, the YouTube channel announced ‘React World' a way for other channels to buy a license to use the ‘React' name in their own videos and series. This didn't go down well and led …
Read More »Sky News live stream shut down by DMCA from Fox News
TV and movie companies are constantly throwing around bogus DMCA notices and copyright claims around, though they are usually placed with the intention of combating piracy, rather than shutting down the competition. This week, the official YouTube live-stream of Sky News was pulled thanks to a copyright claim from Fox …
Read More »Twitch won’t bring audio recognition to live streams
Earlier this week, Twitch launched its new audio recognition service, which mutes past broadcast VODs (Video On Demand) if any unlicensed, copyrighted music is detected. Streamers were concerned that this service could eventually make its way to live streams but as it turns out, Twitch has no plans to do …
Read More »Twitch will mute music to protect copyright
Oh dear. Twitch, the video game streaming site that is most likely set to be bought out by Google for a billion dollars in the near future, has announced sweeping changes that will see whole 30 minute sections of videos on demand muted, if they are found to contain copyright protected …
Read More »Dan Bull smashes Youtube content ID system
Dan Bull, Britain's premier nerd rapper, has rolled up his sleeves once again and taken an institution to task. This time it's Youtube and it's new content ID system, that has so far claimed the videos, revenue and in-some cases livelihood of some of the site's most premier content creators. …
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