I think that it's DailyMotion that'll be more effected by Article 13 than YouTube. Remember, YouTube is based out California, which isn't really beholden to the rules of the EU. DailyMotion, however, is based out of Paris, and will likely suffer for it once Article 13 goes into effect.
Besides, YouTube doesn't need new laws as an excuse for frivolous copyright strikes on smaller channels, since literally anyone can get copyright claimed for literally anything even if the claimant doesn't even own the item claimed:
People have gotten copyright claims on YouTube for:
Besides, YouTube doesn't need new laws as an excuse for frivolous copyright strikes on smaller channels, since literally anyone can get copyright claimed for literally anything even if the claimant doesn't even own the item claimed:
People have gotten copyright claims on YouTube for:
- uploading videos of themselves playing public domain classical pieces on the piano because some label decided it was one of their own recordings.
- a 10-hour video of white noise, which was claimed by five different people (who, bizarrely, claimed specific segments of between 41 seconds and 6 minutes' length). Indeed, another video which was 52 hours of rain sounds, had the same exact thing happen to it.
- The sound of chirping birds in the background of a video where a guy went into the woods to prepare ingredients for a wild salad.
- Indeed, I have even heard tales of some copyright holders filing DMCA takedowns on videos they themselves uploaded. I have heard that the first time The Beatles had their own VEVO channel, the people responsible for uploading them filed takedowns on their own videos..
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I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.
I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.