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Youtube terminated jamesnintendonerd (AVGN) account?
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you gotta admit, it's pretty conspicuous
mysteriousmage09
Member
Youtube really needs to rework their entire video flagging system, shit is beyond absurd at this point.
CambriaRising
Member
Elaborate, because that never happened.
Like the hat?
Banned
So lame
Can't really fight the big copyright lobby, even if you're Google. The insta-takedown system is probably the only reason YT hasn't been sued to bankruptcy by now.
If it turns out that you allow ads on your youtube account then you're essentially making money off someone else's work. It's not "free publicity" if you're being paid (no matter how small the amount).
He heard it from a friend, who heard it from a friend, who heard it from a friend, who heard it from a friend, who heard it from TheArchfiend and Asalieri.
I heard James Rolfe got his huge video game collection from selling swamp land to stupid folks.
And purple monkey dishwasher
RoboGeorgeForeman
Banned
I can't say I liked AVGN, but it's shit like this that makes me wish there was a popular alternative to YouTube.
Yeah, it's like when Giantbomb would post a quicklook on youtube and they would get flagged an receive a "As seen on IGN" under the video lol....wtf Youtube.
Damn, that is good money to play old games and make fun of them
http://cinemassacre.com/ All his stuff is still here.
Yeah, Irate Gamer lacks any sort of charm or humor, and many of his videos are just boring. As well as unoriginal and lazy. Seriously, most of the time he only spends an hour playing a modern game. He's even admitted it a couple times, rendering the review null & void as he didn't bother to beat it.
Sucks but will probably be resolved. I get copyright violations on my videos like every week 
Thankfully the vast majority are just like "it's fine but we're going to put a 'buy' link in the description for the music used'". The ones that mute videos or actually copyright strike are actually insane.
Thankfully the vast majority are just like "it's fine but we're going to put a 'buy' link in the description for the music used'". The ones that mute videos or actually copyright strike are actually insane.
I just noticed that he'd be absolutely perfect for a Judge Dredd pre-quel
AltogetherAndrews
Member
I'm surprised the gaming sites haven't been nuked, since they monetize videos with content not their own.
Sucks but will probably be resolved. I get copyright violations on my videos like every week
Thankfully the vast majority are just like "it's fine but we're going to put a 'buy' link in the description for the music used'". The ones that mute videos or actually copyright strike are actually insane.
but you post lewd videos!!
Pfft.
Actually, according to YouTube, this one I uploaded is somewhat lewd so it was set to age restricted by them (lol).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrxz8Qw1tWM
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
What's up with youtube lately anyway. Even abridged videos are being taken down.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
I blame Google.
Dictator93
Member
Dailymotion has tits. That is quite the alternative.
There ought to be repercussions for making unsubstantiated copyright claims and exploiting DMCA against direct competitors.
I hope James discloses the source of the complaints so the internet can apply some mob justice, I have very little sympathy for corporations with legal departments that spend their day desperately looking for reasons to justify their presence.
I hope James discloses the source of the complaints so the internet can apply some mob justice, I have very little sympathy for corporations with legal departments that spend their day desperately looking for reasons to justify their presence.
Youtube getting lame, I was going to start making movie reviews or really just me sitting in front my webcam rambling for 10 minutes. The last vid I did got flagged for copyright and monetary disabled for it. I was like, this simply isnt worth even after a drawn out appeal I still didnt get monetary back for it.
gato_busta
Member
I blame Fred Fuchs
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
What happened to parody/satire defense from copyright?
This would actually be a perfect subject for a YKWBS episode.
The automated system for flagging stuff really needs to go. I remember when YouTube teamed with the Democrats to present the Democratic National Convention, then put up the First Lady's speech, only to have it immediately brought down by copyright claims from pretty much every news organization known to man.
Same thing happened with the Mars Rover landing stuff. NASA put it up, and all the news orgs robots flagged it as copyright violations.
Needless to say, both examples were videos in the public domain.
Same thing happened with the Mars Rover landing stuff. NASA put it up, and all the news orgs robots flagged it as copyright violations.
Needless to say, both examples were videos in the public domain.
Cow Mengde
Banned
I got a Fire Emblem trailer flagged by CBS Interactive once...
It's not so much that they were public domain, but that the wrong organisations were claiming copyright. As people have mentioned here where IGN claims ownership of trailers and in-game footage of games they report on.
But as I said, this system has been implemented to apease copyright holders, were they to remove it they'd get sued daily over videos that actual infringe on copyright and aren't removed within a day after the initial report. It would cost them alot in staff to remove all the materials manually alone, let alone all the subsequent legal fees. That's why they remove first, and than evaluate later.
The good news is that a lot of Internet reviewers have back-ups. James has Cinemassacre, Springboard and Blip. Angry Joe has his own site, Springboard and Blip as well.
The people that should be worried are the ones that solely rely on YouTube. Like PewDiePie, Tobuscus, and the Irate Gamer. You may have noticed a pattern. People that stick only to YouTube tend to kind of suck.
The people that should be worried are the ones that solely rely on YouTube. Like PewDiePie, Tobuscus, and the Irate Gamer. You may have noticed a pattern. People that stick only to YouTube tend to kind of suck.
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
Why is it I never heard of this guy until two days ago and now all of a sudden his name is everywhere on here?
I am sure he will get his account back soon after talking to the right people. Blame the copyright holders not Youtube. In most cases Youtube has to take down channels/videos automatically if it detects that there may be copyrighted material. The content owners have the decision to either monetize (with adverts) the videos or block them outright (Warner brothers does this, most others just monetize). It is by law that Youtube must remove these videos immediately upon notification in America/Europe.
The reason why it became like this was because at one point the record/movie companies were threatening to sue individual uploaders en-masse as well as Youtube. Youtube implemented the automated checking and take down measures to appease the copyright holders, it would have been very very risky to go to battle with the copyright holders, they have a massive lobby and tons of cash. The tides have been shifting though, Youtube and others have been lobbying goverments to change some of these draconian laws copyright laws and have had some success:
http://www.economist.com.hk/node/21561885. Hopefully in the future shit wouldn't be so messed up.
The reason why it became like this was because at one point the record/movie companies were threatening to sue individual uploaders en-masse as well as Youtube. Youtube implemented the automated checking and take down measures to appease the copyright holders, it would have been very very risky to go to battle with the copyright holders, they have a massive lobby and tons of cash. The tides have been shifting though, Youtube and others have been lobbying goverments to change some of these draconian laws copyright laws and have had some success:
http://www.economist.com.hk/node/21561885. Hopefully in the future shit wouldn't be so messed up.
Bjoern the Smexy
Member
Don't forget a WWE video put up by the official WWE channel which got taken down due to a request by the WWE. Think about that for a moment.
Doesn't get more Inception-ish than that.
Alex
Member
This is actually pretty amusing.
I experience this phenomenon with all kinds of stuff. I'll hear of something for the first time, and next thing you know I'm seeing it everywhere.
*shrugs* He's been around for years. I guess that thread about his controversy video got some attention. Most people only know him for that embarrassing Geoff Keighly interview he did, but he's moved past it, as has Geoff (they even buried the hatchet at E3 2011).
Its either the automated system or Youtube at this point. It was created due to massive pressure from the copyright holders who were threatening to shut down youtube and sue individual uploaders. The copyright owners would not allow youtube to exist if the system didn't exist or didn't work as intended.
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