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YouTube Sensation Justin Bieber Blocked From Uploading His Own Music To YouTube By Copyright
from the bieber-fever dept
Justin Bieber became "Justin Bieber" thanks to YouTube. His early YouTube videos of him covering various songs are what turned him into a huge sensation, leading to a recording deal and the somewhat scary unstoppable force that is the fanbase of Justin Bieber. So, it should seem perfectly natural that Bieber would head over to YouTube to upload a video of his latest song. What doesn't seem perfectly natural is that he was blocked from doing so thanks to Universal Music and YouTube's ContentID system. Google (correctly) pointed out that this is an issue between Bieber and his label, but like most normal folks, Bieber wasn't interested in understanding the intricacies of copyright law when all he wanted to do was upload his own damn video to YouTube. So, instead, he went and uploaded it to Facebook.
Now, to be clear, Universal is Bieber's label, and assuming he signed a recording deal like any standard recording deal, it does hold his copyrights. But this is the kind of screwed up situation you get when the entertainment industry works so hard to block various new and useful tools from sharing content. The people who want to use it for perfectly reasonable and legitimate uses get blocked (and pissed off).
Now, to be clear, Universal is Bieber's label, and assuming he signed a recording deal like any standard recording deal, it does hold his copyrights. But this is the kind of screwed up situation you get when the entertainment industry works so hard to block various new and useful tools from sharing content. The people who want to use it for perfectly reasonable and legitimate uses get blocked (and pissed off).
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Well I'll Be
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Cant wait
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It's his song!
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A Pirate Is A Pirate
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Re: Cant wait
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Re: It's his song!
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give me a million dollar to build a bridge, then let me sell the bridge as if its mine.
No justin beiber did not become "justin beiber' thanks to YouTube.
He because huge, because he has some talent, ability, looks or whatever 11 year old girls see in him.
(not being an 11 year old girl, its beyond me).
But many people post songs and show their talent on yourtube, and about 1 in a billion become anything at all.
But you cant credit youtube, for something something has done.
What made him huge was universal, seeing he had talent and investing in him..
They expect to recoup their inventment, and a part of that deal is justin signs over copyrights to his songs..
They are not 'his' songs anymore, he has no right to give them away. And the record company has every right to recoup money that they have invensted in the risk of trying to make a star.
you cannot credit a form of media for a success, it was not due to the form of media he showed his talent in, but his talent itself that makes the difference.
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But copyright is all about protecting performers, isn't it?
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Re: Well I'll Be
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Re: give me a million dollar to build a bridge, then let me sell the bridge as if its mine.
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When even Bieber doesn't understand copyright law (and it's his job), how can we expect the typical 16-year-old to know any better?
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Re: give me a million dollar to build a bridge, then let me sell the bridge as if its mine.
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Right?
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On Google's role
Shouldn't some backlash be rightfully targeted at Google for capitulating and playing the label's game instead of staying open (and law abiding) as some others have done? (like Facebook, for example).
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justin biber
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justin bieber
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Re: justin bieber
Now go listen to the Spaceballs theme as your pennance.
BWHAHAHAHAH....
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Re: On Google's role
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Re: justin bieber
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Was Bieber old enough to sign a contract?
Hey Google why don't you just buy Universal and rename it You-niversal. I realize you may need to buy Comcrap to do this but hey that should be just pocket change.
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Re: On Google's role
If you believe the crapload of lawsuits against them, it seems more like they are not doing enough policing of their users.
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Re: Was Bieber old enough to sign a contract?
Heck Microsoft could buy EMI.
This reminds me for all open video producer lovers one more PRO tool has been opensourced.
http://lightworksbeta.com/
Anybody needs a free pro tool to make some videos?
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Re: give me a million dollar to build a bridge, then let me sell the bridge as if its mine.
I mean, he wouldn't be this ridiculous phenomenon, but success is measured in strange ways these days. Some would even say that universal ruined his success, so, yeah.
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http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-12-japan-pitches-mind-blowing-high-tech-3d.html
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Re: It's his song!
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Re: Well I'll Be
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Suprised no one mentioned that even the Youtube computers recognize that we are tired of Beiber are trying to put a stop with the madness.
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Now, if only it'd ban the rights holder from uploading Bieber videos too.
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protecting performers...
Copyright is all about protecting the lawful owner of the content which, in many cases when you sign a deal with a major record label, isn't the actual performing artist. This says more about the gap between the major label artist and the independent musician pushing his (or her) own tracks through whatever viral media they want than whether YouTube was "right" or "wrong" (legally, they probably were right unless he got permission from his label to post the video).
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Re: A Pirate Is A Pirate
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Maybe..
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Re: give me a million dollar to build a bridge, then let me sell the bridge as if its mine.
This is precisely what is wrong with the system the record company should never be able to take the copyright of the artist. When will you people learn it is the artist that gets screwed every time.
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Re: protecting performers...
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As much as I don't care for Justin I-Can't-Even-Pronounce-His-Last-Name-Let-Alone-SPELL-It, I do agree that a performing artist should be allowed, if not have the right, to promote themselves to their fans via whatever means they choose. Also, in Justin's case, it's not as if Universal will lose (m)any* sales over the video being on YouTube. (*they may lose some but it would be very few compared to how many they will make).
If I was Justin I'd be making a video addressing my fans explaining why my new video isn't on YouTube.
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Welcome to the blackhole of the RIAA
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Ha! that proves it!
Which goes to show that people should be allowed to share copyrighted material for free without making any money or profit from it. It's called free promotion, people are not claiming it as their own they are promoting it because they really like it. The copyright laws must be changed to that effect. I and many other people are fed up with this crap.
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Re: Cant wait
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And if I don't?
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Re: Re: Was Bieber old enough to sign a contract?
Whoa, thanks for this. I hadn't heard about it before. One of the main gaps in open source programs is a lack of professional-level video programs (mostly due to codec licensing). This will certainly help close that gap.
I'm on the Ubuntu Studio forums, I'll see if it's possible to put it in the next LTS version.
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The right starting point would be to think what policy promotes more creations and what not. Nobody thinks this way anymore by virtue of brainwashing! The rights of corporations to recoup investments is not the aim of the law. People should make the law for the best of society as a whole, and corporations are welcome to help if they help within such laws. Maximizing corporation profits are not a goal of society!
Point in case, how society was benefited when the US congress extended retroactively the copyrights of Walt Disney or others when they were about to expire, so that they are valid long after the author died? Does such retroactive extension encouraged dear Walt to create more? Such law was equivalent to a cash gift from the tax payer to the corporations. Tthis was only possible thru lavish cash contributions from Walt Disney to the Democrat and Republican party. I am willing to donate 1 million $ to the parties in exchange that they make a law that I'm entitled to copyrigths on the mood. Congress can pass any law they want, so what's not legal about that?
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I've seen the videos go up on Facebook more recently though for other artists.
Interesting.
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Re: A Pirate Is A Pirate
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Thas dumb
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