GEMA & S.978 Copyright law revisited (Making videos could become a felony crime?!?)

[ninetalescommander]

What makes me laugh is everyone is making a fuss over nothing and here's why

First off, Machinima themselves have addressed this matter and they have said unless the company is actually losing money (Which is probably impossible when it comes to video games as its good advertisment), nobody can do jack.

Secondly, if you go the wikipedia page for Bill S.978 and read reference 5, you'll see that Chris Coon's (1 of the creators of the bill) has stated that its not gonna effect Youtube at all.

[pyroboy08]

Were all screwed if this passes! Its nearly impossible to make a video without some kind of infringement. Just about everything in our world has some company's name stamped on it somewhere.

[Echofrost12]

DAMN YOU GOVERNMENT PRICKS! FIRST YOU TAKE OUR MONEY AND NOW YOU'RE TAKING AWAY VIDEO GAME RIGHTS! TIME FOR A REVOLUTION!

[yearofthe]

Video Game footage should be considered fair use if you record it by yourself and commentate over most of the footage. -.-

[petersupermann]

FUCK GEMA!

[MrMeistor]

Ich mache schlechte Videos aber ich möchte das meine schlechten Videos gute Hintergrundmusik haben da ich ein schlechter Musiker bin

[lakerskid2013]

They better not pass this as a law! If they pass this as a law does this mean that me recording myself and my brother count as copyright infringement? If so then I would have to delete a whole bunch of videos, about 1/4 of my videos are gaming which is not walkthroughs, trailers, none of that but just actually playing video games.

[zubscorp]

robert quime comes for you

[zjbx]

i hate our government.

[wrestlemaniac202]

So as a newly registered voter for the next election I can vote out my democratic congressman?

[DoctorWhoCenter2010]

Nooooooooooo :( I'm kind of scared if this law is passed. I will never forgive the government if they make copyright a felony crime.

[PsychoticSnake]

So they're actually in talks about putting people behind bars, simply for make a video containing music? Because the video isn't making them a million and one every time it's played?

For a major business these music corporations don't seem to twig that youtube video are like free advertising - hell, it costs the uploader because they brought the music and all other components.

[SilverSky731]

we really have stop this law from being past! If this get law get pass were fuck as well! so many of our shit probely is own by them even LP's ,volg and shite>.<! what da fuck happen to you tube!?! where the hell is good old you tube!?! fuck!

[iBenJay]

Oh Great Viacom Is supporting it. No more Spongebob edited. 

[CHA1NZZ]

Ok this is my question...is this USA ONLY or is this going to have an impact on overseas youtuber's ?

[IndieSpotlightLive]

regarding S.978, scary stuff! I wonder if it affects online radio (since technically it's a stream) as well as sites like YT. I abide by copyright law, but suppose that the "bots" pick up on a song that isn't an infringement mistaking it for something else? Yeah we don't have the resources to catch real criminals (especially those on Wall Street) but we're going to lock people up for 5 years for streaming? I'm with ya Rob, any member of congress that votes for this POS should be voted out!

[Absolution171990]

And the government finds more ways to screw over the little guy cause they feel the need to line their pockets with even more money. Seriously, whoever wrote this up needs a good kick in the ass, its ridiculous.

[D3R3K1600]

I live in Canada, so this specific law probably won't effect me but Stephen Harper is totally all for these kinds of things. They want to make it mandatory for all ISP's in Canada to have spy software to save everyone's data.

[GrimReapersGhost]

If it was youtube wouldn't it be blocked everywhere?

[airsoftkid2022]

fuk it this shit its crazy and gonna make internet and utube become almost useless.now im gonna go and download some songs from Limewire Pirate Edition cuz i hate all this copyright crap.

[Tacoz4Evry1]

Millions out of work, Trillions in debt, entangled in multiple endless wars and this bill's on the table? FOCUS ON THE REAL ISSUES!!!!

[targethitter]

does this mean avgn cant make videos on youtube anymore

[onionman113]

This is bullshit, what the fuck man. why is this shit happening.

[BadgersBrigade]

publicly announce a boycott on the music industry DUE TO THIS! If they feel we will not put any more money in there pocket they will be quick to not do this...

[FatalFrameFan645]

If this Bill passed their would be no point of Youtube because most people do let's play's or even vlogs.

[hypercamera3]

goddamn this bullshit! i will not let this piece of ass stand! WE WILL WIN THIS!

[crazydoom3dude]

NOOOO GOD DAMMIT I AINT GOING TO JAIL

[fireraven36]

this is making me nervous I mean I been doing LP about year so and to me I love doing LP for everyone it fun and enjoyable but now if the bill pass it over for good I don't want go to jail

[TygerWDR]

@fireraven36 I's still in committee right now, so there's still time to get people moving to kill the bill. Look in the links, and start calling / writing / contacting your reps in congress and the house. We've got an uphill fight, but it's winnable.

[stereoarchitect]

@TygerWDR hey can i mirror this?

[knife6151]

Wait what? So perhaps in the future If I continue doing Let's Plays I could go to jail?

[MrExtremepaintballr]

WHAT IS UR PAINTBALL CHANNELLLLLL

[TygerWDR]

@MrExtremepaintballr webdogpaintball is the channel name for the paintball stuff. And there's WDRarchives for the old web dog shows.

[allochthomas]

My gf is living in germany for a few months and most of the content that i'm able to view in holland is blocked there for some obscure reason. People are going way overboard with this copyright bullshit. Last night i tried to look up some tabs to a led zeppelin song and i got a message saying i'm not allowed view these tabs. Is me playing a song on a guitar going to affect their music sales?

[MNJustPlainT]

And that is just one more example of why I hate Klobuchar so much. She won't listen to anyone, and wants to constantly expand the government and the expand penalties for not complying with her little dream world.

Far as I'm concerned, I've been wanting to do my part to make her out of a job for years now. Maybe we can get her out in 2012.

[JTlovesDexter2]

I wonder if a YouTube user would have the same rights over their ORIGINAL content every time Viacom uses parts of our clips on their TV programs?

Besides, our prisons just aren't full enough of people convicted of non-violent crimes.

; /

[Elenkhos]

You know what the music industry needs, NO ONE to buy their shit. For all music to go underground, and fuck them

[masterxpb]

It's a double edge sword. It's nice that some people can make money from making content for people to enjoy on youtube. However because people are making money, GEMA and other similar companies want to make money as well. :/

[swordandsnipe]

Sadly i think we are gonna kick most of them out of office soon anyway

[stephensk82003]

i really don't think it is youtube because we are able to view the videos in the u.s. and canada i do believe.

[KelvinLowelllCampe]

BTW what ever happen to some of the copyright laws back in the day? like the Fair Use Policy this new laws gonna contridict it isnt it?

[TygerWDR]

@KelvinLowelllCampe MY UNDERSTANDING is that fair use laws are still applicable, and will remain so. The problem is how you read the law, or who's reading of the law is proven right. It's arguable that a "let's play" is transformative of a video game, but the government may see it differently. That's the real horror of this law, it'd be a FELONY, not a civil case. The US government would be stepping in and declaring what is, or is not, transformative of a work, unless you had an FCC license.

[neon4901]

...Not much to be said, just a lot to be done... Thanks for keeping us updated Tyger.

[LordCorinth]

the problem is that the US law has no jurisdiction over youtube because the internet is international. sure youtube is based in the US but it probably has tech centers in india and singapore, parts made in mexico and china, and employees of every nation.

the internet is truly free my friends, let no one ever tell you they have claim over what you made yours.

[LordCorinth]

the internet is monitored, all fame is now manufactured, youtube doesnt give a shit about small users like me and you who built it all, and whats the answer? vevo is the geneticly modified screaming demon baby whos blood satiates the corporate monsters. look at any music and see dmxVEVO, snoopdoggVEVO, katyperryVEVO, bieberVEVO, creedVEVO, metallicaVEVO, limpbizkitVEVO, sum41VEVO, rammsteinVEVO, lennykravitzVEVO.... the list goes on.

[golfbum90]

Your kidding me right? This has to be some sort of joke!

[KelvinLowelllCampe]

@golfbum90 no joke its actually a law thats trying to be passed there making it harder and harder for people to post there work on the net

[THECRAZEBLING]

BULLSHIT. THE CONGRESS IS FULL OF SHIT. FUCK THESE MUSIC LABELS. FUCK COPYRIGHT, IT'S A BULLSHIT LAW.

[LunarNors]

wow that is the most bullshit law ever