Witht the deletion of my video off of YouTube and in turn causing my account to be "permanently disabled" I wrote this email to Take 2 Games:
Dear Take 2 Games,
I recently posted a few videos of gameplay from the game GTA IV. These gameplay videos were available for download from http://www.ign.com/ and as such, I uploaded them to the video site http://www.youtube.com/ . These videos had no mark of copyright and any information on not republishing them anywhere else. My latest video http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=NUG7g7PJq_Q was claimed to be copyright infringement on my behalf. This removal from the site resulted in my permanent deletion from YouTube.
This video was orginally made by IGN.com, whom has had no problem with their videos being uploaded to YouTube. The video was watermarked with IGN's logo as well as being created by IGN. What I would like to know is why this video had a copyright claimed on this video and not any of the other videos uploaded by me and other users. Rockstar's legal notice says this on their site:
All Online Services material, including, but not limited to, text, data, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, video clips, links, digital downloads, data compilations, and software is owned, controlled by, licensed to, or used with permission by the Company and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property rights. The Online Services material is made available solely for your personal, non-commercial use and may not be copied, reproduced, republished, modified, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way, including by e-mail or other electronic means, without the express prior written consent of the Company in each instance. You may download material intentionally made available for downloading through the Online Services for your personal, non-commercial use only, provided that you keep intact any and all copyright and other proprietary notices that may appear on such materials.
I am uploading these videos for no means of commercial use and I only wish to share these videos with other people. How is my uploading of these videos infringing on the company's copyright? They in no way harm the company, in fact they help to advertise the games release. I am a 16 year old, so I may not know as much as the lawyers, but I think that it is unfair for this to happen to me. We are in a age of digital distrubution and I want to be a part of it. YouTube is a site that I regularely upload videos to, they are videos that I like to share with others. I have no intention of causing harm to Take 2 Games or Rockstar, I only wish to get people excited for a game that will do very well.
Thank you for your time in listening to my concerns, I would grately appreciate someone to contact me about this issue.
Sincerely,
Andy Bewernick (ilikemonkeys2)
So do you guys think that I have any chance of getting the copyright notice retracted? I certainly hoep so, I had over 1 million views on my videos and was heading up fast in the world. YouTube needs a much better system for this. I think that they should send a notice to the user doing the "Copyright Infringment" telling them to take down the video upon pending acocunt deletion. If they don't comply within a certain amount of time they take the neccessary action. I would have had no problem removing these videos, but why they do this I don't know.
So I'm posting some great video of GTA IV as some may know on YouTube. Thanks to one of Take 2's copyright claims on a video, my account got banned on YouTube. This is so frustrating! What am I doing that is against their copyright? I looked into it and I see nothing, the videos I posted are available from IGN for people to download. Guess I gotta create a new YouTube account now. I've got some good ideas on what I will be doing for videos.
The serpent was the shrewdest of all the wild animals the Lord God had made. One day he asked the woman, "Did God really say you must not eat the fruit from any of the trees in the garden?" But tell me this-since we preach that Christ rose from the dead, why are some of you saying there will be no resurrection of the dead? For if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised either. And if Christ has not been raised, then all our preaching is useless, and your faith is useless. And we apostles would all be lying about God-for we have said that God raised Christ from the grave. But that can't be true if there is no resurrection of the dead. And if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, then your faith is useless and you are still guilty of your sins. In that case, all who have died believing in Christ are lost! And if our hope in Christ is only for this life, we are more to be pitied than anyone in the world. But in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead. He is the first of a great harvest of all who have died. So you see, just as death came into the world through a man, now the resurrection form the dead has begun through another man. Just as everyone dies because we all belong to Adam, everyone who belongs to Christ will be given new life. But there is an order to this resurrection: Christ was raised as the first of the harvest; then all who belong to Christ will be raised when he comes back.
"Of course we may eat fruit from the trees in the garden," the woman replied.
"It's only the fruit in the middle of the garden that we are not allowed to eat. God said, 'You must not eat it or even touch it; if you do, you will die' "
"You won't die!" the serpent replied to the woman. "God knows that your eyes will be opened as soon as you eat it, and you will be like God, knowing both good and evil."
The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious and she wanted the wisdom it would give her. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it, too. At that moment their eyes were opened, and they suddenly felt shame at their nakedness. So they sewed fig leaves together to cover themselves.
-Genesis 3:1-7
So as the story goes on, God banished them from the garden as well as punish them, for example childbirth would be painful. God also promised that one of Adam's decedents would defeat Satan. This is the promise of Jesus Christ, which is also predicted several times more throughout the Bible. Now that sin had entered the world, there also came more punishment for it. The only punishment for sin was death, but God did not want to sentence everyone to death every time you did something wrong, so he gave instructions. During the old testament there were specific instructions given to the people of God (Israel). The only way that God would forgive them was through a sacrifice. I won't go into the details about it but basically what they would do is take the best lamb or animal of the livestock and offer it to God (kill it). For thousands of years this was how it was done, and it's of course very tedious and demanding.
-1 Corinthians 15: 12-23
You can check out my sweet new background image! I love it! Took me all day to make it though, any thoughts on what should be changed? (Send me a message on youtube or twitter).
So I got my first Copyright Infringement notice from Youtube today (and I hope its my last). I was always curious to know what they did when this happened and now I unfortunately know. Here are the emails that were sent to me, the back story is that I uploaded a clip from The Office, which was getting lots of views (300 in a matter of a few hours).
Dear YouTube Member:
NBC Universal has claimed some or all audio and visual content in your video The Office Clip: Vasectomy. This claim was made as part of the YouTube Content Identification programme.
Your video is no longer available because NBC Universal has chosen to block it.
Claim Details:NBC Universal claimed this content as a part of the YouTube Content Identification programme. YouTube allows partners to review YouTube videos for content to which they own the rights. Partners may use our automated video/audio matching system to identify their content, or they may manually review videos.
Copyright owner: NBC Universal Content claimed: Some or all of the audio and visual content Policy: Block this content.
Applies to these locations:
Everywhere
For more information about this claim, visit the Video ID Matches section of your YouTube account.
Please Note: Repeat incidents of copyright infringement will result in the suspension of your account and all videos uploaded to that account. In order to avoid future sanctions against your account, please delete any videos to which you do not own the rights, and refrain from uploading additional videos that infringe on the copyrights of others. For more information about YouTube's copyright policy, please read the Copyright Tips guide. If you believe that this claim was made in error, or that you are otherwise authorised to use the content at issue, you may file a counter notice. For more information on this process, please see: How do I file a counter notice?
Be aware that there may be adverse legal consequences in your country if you make a false or bad faith allegation of copyright infringement by using this process.
Sincerely,
The YouTube Content Identification Team
So there you have it!
So I'm thinking of moving over to Blogger since there is a lot more support from other websites for it (Particularly Youtube and Google).
On a side note... If you look at my Youtube channel I am now #84 Most Viewed in Canada as well as #23 Most Viewed Director in Canada! How cool is that!?!?! I'm going to start making my Youtube channel look way cooler so look for those updates soon.
So I was playing Warhawk today and my parents limit me to about 1 hour and a half a day. I was playing with some friends for about an hour and my Dad wanted me off at 8:00. Well it came around 8 and I had like two minutes left in my game, usually they let me finish it. I had only been on for an hour. Then my dad comes stopping into the room freaking out at me about how I was supposed to get off at eight. I told him that I just wanted to finish my game, he only got more upset. Now he goes and says that gaming is taking over my life! How is it doing that? For them they don't understand how technology is a huge part of my life, its what I do. I am limited to the amount of time I can spend on it and I keep to those limits for most of the time (sometimes I go over like ten or fifteen minutes). My studies are fine (A's and B's) and I think that I have a fairly healthy mind. They hate how I don't go outside, but I just don't find that any fun. During the summer I go out frequently, but I just moved different cities and I'm finding it hard to adjust. So my Dad then goes and says "Your PS3 is gone until Friday!" and I ask him why and what I did. Then he says "Stop talking or you'll lose it for another week!" Naturally I stopped talking because nothing would get through to him. I'm pissed and also very upset about this. Was this a fair thing for him to do? I'm not sure. Please email me with a comment that you have if you don't have a Vox account.
There is a new series of Machinima that came out. Its called Retalliation, and its freakin' good! I highly recommend checking it out if your used to that sorta stuff.
So I went to one of my local Mac stores in Kelowna and they had a Macbook Air! Naturally I got all excited about seeing it, but not on the outside cause that would look weird to everyone else. First time that I saw it I was thinking, "Wow its small and the screen is nice!". So I went over and lifted the thing up, this thing is so light! Its also incredibly thin! You would never figure how small and light it is until you actually hold one. Then I got to playing with it, the most noticeable thing about it is the trackpad. Its huge! I don't think I like how the mouse click part is so thin but whatever.
So now we can all have unlocked iPhones no matter what Apple does (theoretically of course). Its a very simple tool to use, but is Mac only at the moment. Right now I'm testing the 2.0 beta with it, so I'll have a new video ready soon.
