ZP style videos Has Yahtzee been taking them down?
#1
Posted 27 September 2008 - 02:21 PM
#2
Posted 27 September 2008 - 02:24 PM
#4
Posted 27 September 2008 - 04:12 PM
#5
Posted 27 September 2008 - 04:57 PM
#7
Posted 27 September 2008 - 08:00 PM
I understand, but according to that logic all of the cover songs on youtube should be removed. What's the difference?
#8
Posted 27 September 2008 - 08:16 PM
I've seen cover songs disappear from youtube too, although not too often. Guess they can't be arsed.
#11
Posted 28 September 2008 - 02:46 AM
It usually depends on whether or not the copyright holder wants to be a shithead about it.
"Protect your copyright or lose it" typically extends to stopping the production and sale of actual pirated products and stops there. Parodies, covers, etc. mostly all fall under fair use, but no one sane is going to go to court over a Youtube video, especially against a company undoubtedly far richer than they are.
This post has been edited by dialed: 28 September 2008 - 03:09 AM
#13
Posted 28 September 2008 - 08:39 PM
"Protect your copyright or lose it" typically extends to stopping the production and sale of actual pirated products and stops there. Parodies, covers, etc. mostly all fall under fair use, but no one sane is going to go to court over a Youtube video, especially against a company undoubtedly far richer than they are.
I imagine some sane people would do it just because they don't want to live in a world where their rights are compromised at the whim of rich companies.
#14
Posted 29 September 2008 - 09:26 AM
That said, I'm not sure how they can put a copyright over a style, or kind of narration. But also, I don't expect exagerately noble decisions from the escapist's side. Besides my prejudices due to the quality of their other contents, I can't say I found the addition of trailers at the end of ZP very sympathic. Nor the whole "sponsored by" thing. Nor the replacement of the intro/outro songs with some dull generic titles - although I'm not sure if we owe this choice to them or to yahtzee's himself. This is not a very attaching website. Petty behaviours from them would not really take me by surprise (rightly or wrongly).
#15
Posted 29 September 2008 - 10:44 AM
That's understandable, provided they have a lot of money sitting around that they were just waiting to waste on legal fees.