I found the video above embedded in a blog post by Raoul Pop, a photographer whose blog I am subscribed to. It’s pretty interesting stuff and confirms an assumption I had come to a few months back when YouTube blocked one of my video uploads – a crappy ‘Rick Roll‘ April Fool. I don’t usually have any problems with copyright blocking because I use Creative Commons licensed material that is available on Jamendo.
They also expand on my assumptions, and I have to say that’s not only some pretty clever programming that YouTube have going on behind the scenes, but some very impressive, 21st century, forward thinking ideas they have on copyright infringement revenue generation. As opposed to the standard, backward thinking nonsense that most music industry ‘professionals’ have adopted.
Still, it’s not perfect, as you’ll have gathered if you read Raoul’s post on disputing the copyright claim on his video. Still, I’ve decided to give it a go and have gone through the dispute process on YouTube’s site (info) to see if I can get my Rick Roll video opened up to the public at large. I’ll report back on how that turns out.
Not long ago the original Rick Roll, along with dozens of imitations, was accidentally pulled by YouTube, who later suggested anyone who’d had their Rick Roll effort removed to dispute it. So I have cause for hope. On the other hand, I did include the whole Rick Astley video which might not go down well. Meh. I have the video on Vimeo anyway, and they don’t seem to employ YouTube’s high tech wizardry.
The Mexile 
Thanks Gary! Hope you can get the video approved!
LikeLike
Nothing so far. How long did your claim take to get a response?
LikeLike
Weeks…
LikeLike
Great….I won’t hold my breath then! Are you planning to try and take your complaint further, or have you accepted defeat? It’s ridiculous that audio provided in a movie editing package can then be barred from YouTube.
LikeLike
It’s not barred, the video plays just fine. There is nowhere further to take my complaint, that was the whole point of my article.
LikeLike
VERY INTERESTING amigo. I had seen that crazy walk down the isle video by the way 😉 It will be interesting to see where the chips fall on this.
LikeLike
What I really do like about the ongoing copyright infringement battle is that the RIAA etc aren’t taking on a tiny little torrent site outfit who they can drag through the courts for long enough to drain their resources without ever having to worry about the final judgement.
They’re taking on one of the world’s largest companies, with resources that outstrip their own in many ways, and who could potentially make or break some of them. YouTube are, to a degree anyway, showing them how it (the internet) should be done. Perhaps the music industry could actually learn something about 21st century business, now that someone has got their attention.
LikeLike
I remember that joke….very baaaaad joke Gary, Youtube made you a favour.
LikeLike
I will confess, it wasn’t the most original thing I’ve ever done!
LikeLike