Today, copyright laws and fair use policy can be a tricky subject on the internet, and with the popularity of websites like YouTube increasing, the problem has only gotten worse. Currently, there have been many problems with content creators on YouTube being attacked with copyright claims when they had not done anything wrong. I am going to argue that fair use laws should be adjusted so that companies cannot take advantage of people the way they do now. Firstly, I would like to start by defining Copyright and Fair Use laws, as well as provide examples of proper infringement of these laws. A Copyright is the exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical
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For this, we will use this hypothetical situation. Let’s say we have a doctor who has received many poor reviews online, and wants to make it so these reviews cannot be written. Normally, he could not do this because the First Amendment protects the right to free speech. However, he can use Copyright law to his advantage. He creates a new provision in his patent intake agreement that states: “ For good and valuable consideration, including but not limited to the provision of medical services, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned, Patient X (“Assignor”), hereby sells, assigns, transfers, and sets over and agrees to sell, assign, transfer and set over unto Dr. Y and his successors, licensees and assigns (“Assignee”), in perpetuity, exclusively and irrevocably, free and clear of any lien or obligation, and irrespective of any work made-for-hire implications, all rights (whether now known or hereinafter devised or invented), title and interest in and to any and all reviews Assignor may write that regard or relate to Dr. Y’s provision of medical services (the “Copyrighted Works”), including, without limitation, any and all intellectual property rights and copyrights therein (including any and all registrations, renewals, extensions and revivals thereof) in the United …show more content…
This is where YouTube comes in. Many youtubers have been hit with multiple copyright strikes against their accounts for no identifiable reason. This has been going on ever since YouTube was created, but the problem has recently escalated as more and more content creators have been making videos. This problem is because of how YouTube deals with copyright issues, which is called Content ID. Content ID is an automatic system in YouTube that checks to see if a video violates any copyright claims by someone claiming to be the original creator. If the Content ID systems sees a violation, it automatically redirects all revenue created by the video to the copyright claimer, and the uploader receives a strike on their account. Because of this, many companies have begun to target small YouTube channels, such as I Hate Everything (IHE), so that they can make some revenue off of the copyright system. Because of the growth of YouTube, it has now become possible for people to make money off of the videos they post to the website, and become regular content creators. Some people write reviews on movies or shows and make videos about them, others do what is called a Let’s Play, where they play a game and provide commentary over it. These kinds of videos should be protected by Fair Use laws as they were defined
For this, we will use this hypothetical situation. Let’s say we have a doctor who has received many poor reviews online, and wants to make it so these reviews cannot be written. Normally, he could not do this because the First Amendment protects the right to free speech. However, he can use Copyright law to his advantage. He creates a new provision in his patent intake agreement that states: “ For good and valuable consideration, including but not limited to the provision of medical services, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned, Patient X (“Assignor”), hereby sells, assigns, transfers, and sets over and agrees to sell, assign, transfer and set over unto Dr. Y and his successors, licensees and assigns (“Assignee”), in perpetuity, exclusively and irrevocably, free and clear of any lien or obligation, and irrespective of any work made-for-hire implications, all rights (whether now known or hereinafter devised or invented), title and interest in and to any and all reviews Assignor may write that regard or relate to Dr. Y’s provision of medical services (the “Copyrighted Works”), including, without limitation, any and all intellectual property rights and copyrights therein (including any and all registrations, renewals, extensions and revivals thereof) in the United …show more content…
This is where YouTube comes in. Many youtubers have been hit with multiple copyright strikes against their accounts for no identifiable reason. This has been going on ever since YouTube was created, but the problem has recently escalated as more and more content creators have been making videos. This problem is because of how YouTube deals with copyright issues, which is called Content ID. Content ID is an automatic system in YouTube that checks to see if a video violates any copyright claims by someone claiming to be the original creator. If the Content ID systems sees a violation, it automatically redirects all revenue created by the video to the copyright claimer, and the uploader receives a strike on their account. Because of this, many companies have begun to target small YouTube channels, such as I Hate Everything (IHE), so that they can make some revenue off of the copyright system. Because of the growth of YouTube, it has now become possible for people to make money off of the videos they post to the website, and become regular content creators. Some people write reviews on movies or shows and make videos about them, others do what is called a Let’s Play, where they play a game and provide commentary over it. These kinds of videos should be protected by Fair Use laws as they were defined