Isto - A Message About My Removed Covers

[jernfuglen]

Nice to see, that the songs have returned.

This song I like. 

[petespectrum]

FUCK YOUtube

[firedevin]

fuck DMCA, fuck google takeover of google, fuck big business

[grandpaphucker]

fucking bullshit

thats ridiculouss,

[elgalloingles13]

Que tristeza!!! Eso es un abuso, un exceso!!! Recibe mis saludos y felicitaciones desde Mexico.

It's a shame, an abuse, a excessive punishment to someone like you that just express your art!!! we, your fans support you till the end

[863310]

I don't get it. Maybe it's me being a bit of a thicky. Why can't you do covers? He's not making any money off the covers he chooses to do. Can anyone explain it to me in lamens terms

[crpdst2003]

SORT OF REMOVES THE NEED FOR YOUTUBE.... I hate the music industry...I read of profits going to non musicial lawyers... songs written by many celebrities stolen like the Beatles and we are suppose to honor IPR for the sake of the thiefs .... if you made money on a cover I can see a portion but if you do a cover I don't remember any one getting paid for advertisting their property

[HRW01]

This man should be allowed to play whatever the fuck he wants.

[thechinadesk]

To better understand the fallacy of "IPR" see:

praxeologydotnet/anticopyright­dothtm

[thechinadesk]

Much of the public has been brainwashed into thinking that conventional "Intellectual Property Rights" (IPR) laws are a righteous effort to protect human rights, specifically property rights.

In fact, they are no such thing.

So-called IPR laws trample over individual rights and individual freedom.

If a person hears a song, memorizes it, and sings back, either on the street or on the Net, how has he "violated another's rights?" How has he "stolen" another's "property?"

[AlexGeh]

subscribed

[squidwombat]

me too

[hummingdust]

whoo this means i'm breaking the law. Awesome, I suddenly feel like such a rebel! Sorry you got cornered Isto!! Def becoming a fan on the new channel.

[fleajr1]

Poor isto, We've got your back buddy

[jbirsner]

Ditto re:G and V"s thoughts. Since I started using YouTube for songs for our uke club I've probably bought 40 cd's of old music. Spiting your face IMHO. I'll head over to Isto's other sites

[wobinidan]

The record industry is like King Canute, telling the sea to fuck off. Unfortunately they still have a lot of money to burn through before they become completely irrelevant.

[martinaxman]

This RIAA movement is a tool of the lawyers and middlemen to suck as much money out of the public and the artists as they can. They started with the CD movement which destroyed the market when instead of decreasing the price due to lowering costs, they doubled it forcing people to pirate. Then they ruined albums with the Itunes thing. The RIAA and others are also going after guitar hobbyists when they interpret songs they've heard and share them in blogs and groups. Pathetic. Not funny.

[GibsonAndVega]

It's pathetic, and bizarre. It's almost as if the owners of the entertainment corporations WANT to destroy themselves.

[CobinRain]

wait a minute...this is ridiculous. Isto is not selling his versions of these songs, just singing them..this is busking in cyberspace, nothing more. So get your lawyers on it google, this is really dumb. Oh and those publishers...dont they realise that if the songs are good weill want to listen to them...by lots of singers and perhaps even pay? Duh.

[GibsonAndVega]

Yes, it's ridiculous, but that is the law now. It doesn't matter that he's not making money. "Busking" is in fact a violation of copyright law. It's rarely enforced against buskers, but harassment of buskers by ASCAP agents is not completely unheard of. If Google got their lawyers on it, they would lose. The law is clearly on the side of the copyright owners. And no, the publishers obviously don't understand that this kind of free advertising is to their benefit.

[bryce013]

isto you are a god among men! Keep on rocking in the free world, and Damn the Man!

[roygift]

So is this illegal to post the video of my version of someone else's song? Thats silly.

[GibsonAndVega]

Yes, it's illegal. Yes, that's silly.

[roygift]

so pretty soon all these amazing videos will disappear?

[zev007]

I can't believe it's ok for other artists to cover songs yet for you it's "copyright infringement". Don't worry, I'll never support companies like that.

[funnyguise]

best song ever! thanks!

[cRoNoLoGiKaL]

I have been wondering about your removed covers...

[beanzaronii]

this is depressing. your videos make my life complete.

[smilexdarling]

i miss you isto.

i'll be subscribing to your new account :)

[mikezorander]

That sucks. I thought they could only take the videos down or mute them if you used a copyrighted song directly, not if you had performed it yourself.

[angischy]

That's some bullocks. I'm glad you made a new page.

[zunathanzu]

sorry to hear about dumb laws. music and art should be free to all!

[adrianholovaty]

Sorry to hear that, Isto -- I've subscribed to the new channels and hope you keep up the posts!

[GCVTS]

Haha.. The end was awesome.

[sk8ergangsta2003]

Youtubes new "rules" basically ruin everything. Im going to go subscribe to the new channels and become a fan now.

[troubleclef]

subscribing to the new channels now. Sorry to hear about this, Chris.

[vladtepesdrac]

What the hell! This means that 90% of youtubes stars should be shut down because they do covers, or parodies, of other songs!

so ridiculous!!!

[GibsonAndVega]

In the case of "stars" who are very popular partners or on commercial "branded" channels, it's possible that they have actually purchased licenses to do the covers, but that's not feasible for "regular" YouTubers. You're right, it's ridiculous, because there's millions of videos that violate copyrights but the spotty enforcement results in just a few users being picked on with sanctions.

[onlywhenprovoked]

You are fully entitled to post your covers, under the TOS it's allowed. I encourage you to go read up and go press all the little buttons to dispute the copyright claim notices they sent you.

I've done this before, and videos have been Instantly reinstated. I kid you not.

search for : How to get your videos Audio Back after being disabled by youtube .. for one of many videos out there that go into how to do this.

you do great stuff, sir.

[GibsonAndVega]

@onlywhenprovoked:

You are NOT entitled to post covers. This has nothing to do with TOS. Posting cover songs is a violation of copyright law. Doing what you suggest is risky. Filing a counter claim against the actual owner of the copyright leaves you vulnerable to a lawsuit. Filing a specious counter claim is a crime. Doing so can get your videos reinstated, but you might end up in big trouble, especially if you do it repeatedly.

[onlywhenprovoked]

That's strange, I should go back and read it some more. TOS is so ambiguous it's hard to tell what's what anymore.

[GibsonAndVega]

I repeat: this is not a TOS matter. Infringement on a copyright is a matter between the copyright holder and the user who posts the video. YouTube's policies are irrelevant.

[tdcmoncton]

I'd agree but, after being flagged myself, it depends on how they approach it. Certainly, if monetary gain results from the use of the copyrighted item, it will engender a court fight especially if one wants to defend himself for the charge.

[BenTheWriter]

Copyright is such an important thing so blatantly abused. This sucks, Isto. I shall subscribe to the others and continue never buying music.

[GibsonAndVega]

Making your videos private might not protect them from being discovered by the copyright cops, so I'm glad you're opening other venues. I wish I had the luxury of boycotting Warner Chappell songs, but they own such a large chunk of the vintage popular songs I specialize in that taking them out of my repertoire would cripple my act. I would be happy to pay a reasonable fee for the privilege of posting covers here, as I do when I arrange concerts, but there's no way to do that under current rules.

[BGenerous]

Bummer. "What a Wonderful World" was one of my favorites.

[Usticks555]

i do agree with you isto im starting to get pissed off with the whole copy right that i am not allowed to express myself through their songs im not selling them but i hope this changes soon

[Nogert]

Surely a cover is legal, wtf

[GibsonAndVega]

No, it isn't.