YouTube Sniping

[swan_song1973]

i had one of my videos taken down this morning due to "copyright infringement on sony bmg", and it wasnt even from any big song. i used papa loves mambo in one of my videos and now its using one of their shitty list of pre-licensed songs. i mean, that song hasn't been popular for at least 60 years, thats just stupid when soulja boy's all over the place. how about you all, has this happened to you?

 

[Sanada]

I uploaded a music video about a year ago. It had like 10,000,000+ views until they decided to remove it due to copyright.

 

[The Monkey]

I uploaded some clips from the Ed Sullivan show. They removed it within three days.

 

[Krynn72]

I posted about this happening to me in the strife thread. I had a Day of Defeat video with a doors song playing and they stripped the audio from it.

 

[StardogChampion]

In the old days they used to just ban your entire account even if you had 100 other perfectly legal videos, so be happy.

I'm guessing a lot of it is automated, so try editing the mp3 in Audacity so their scanners can't match the sound waves to anything.

 

[Krynn72]

It could also just search through the comments. I know on my video I had several people ask what the name of the song was and several people replied.

 

[freakyflor]

I don't upload to youtube.

 

[Geogaddi]

Or the artist info buried into the mp3 sounds more likely

 

[Krynn72]

How can they get the mp3 info when its embedded in the video file?

 

[The Monkey]

Yeah, they must have detectors, there's no way small companies such as the one that removed my video could have employed people to search YouTube.

 

[Sheepo]

I made a video with Cake playing and they murdered my family.

 

[nipples]

I made a video with Cake playing and they murdered my family.

No, that was me.

 

[Vegeta897]

I compose my own music.

Bitches.

 

[Warped]

i had a video game trailer that was taken down. so gay

 

[Escaep]

I think it is rather pointless. I mean, wouldn't artists want their songs to be promoted by the community? I think it should be fine as long as people don't take credit for the song.

 

[Sheepo]

No, that was me.

Oh I just assumed because of that note you left.

xD you're family bled soooo much lol. Ur mom was prty hawt 2...

JK xD What's that song playing on the stereo btw?

 

[PvtRyan]

Another reason why record labels can fuck off and die. There is no reason for their existence yet they hold back progress.

 

[Sam]

Some songs just result in adverts going all over your video.

 

[nipples]

I wouldn't leave a note like that, it must have been YouTube. I guess I got you mixed up with someone else then, my bad.

 

[swan_song1973]

Some songs just result in adverts going all over your video.

i woulda much preferred that.

 

[Krynn72]

I think it is rather pointless. I mean, wouldn't artists want their songs to be promoted by the community? I think it should be fine as long as people don't take credit for the song.

My thoughts as well. Several people left comments asking for the name of the song, so they obviously got some exposure and some of them probably bought the album.