Counter-strike: Exposing ContentID Abusers
How YouTube's ContentID system has become Google's Achilles Heel & exposes rights holders to antitrust & class action lawsuits
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/its-time-fight-back-against-those-who-abuse-youtubes-karbasfrooshan/
YouTube has invested $60 million in developing ContentID. A decade later, ContentID has stifled creators' rights and become increasingly weaponized by intermediaries who recognized loopholes in the system which has seen Google pay out over $5 billion by now. In this episode of Business Battleground, WatchMojo Founder Ashkan Karbasfrooshan goes in depth to
1. explain copyright and fair use,
2. discuss key cases and precedents that have defined the framework for the principle of fair use and fair dealing,
3. identify some of the claimants with whom WatchMojo has had disputed with, including Bertelsmann BMG, Hexacorp Orfium, Zefr, CBS, FIFA, Toei and others.
4. outline some of the options channels have when they're being unfairly attacked.
If you've ever uploaded a video to YouTube, you may have a received a notification that your video includes copyrighted content. What does that mean and is it fair? In this episode of Business Battleground, WatchMojo Founder, Ashkan Karbasfrooshan, goes into depth about the battle about copyright claims WatchMojo has been fighting for years. Learn about what constitutes fair use, how copyright ID claims have become exploitative, and what WatchMojo has been doing about it for the last 13 years.
What are your thoughts? Let us know in the comments below! And, let us know what ideas and topics you'd like us to tackle next? https://watchmojo.com/context/suggest/
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See the articles referenced in this piece:
TechCrunch's Article: How To Make Money In Online Video:https://techcrunch.com/2010/02/07/how-to-make-money-online-video/
tubefilter's Article: YouTube Has Paid Out More Than $3 Billion To Copyright Holders Through Content ID: https://www.tubefilter.com/2018/11/07/youtube-payouts-content-id/
Press Release: Profitable YouTube Juggernaut WatchMojo Reaches a Quarter Billion Unique viewer per Quarter: http://classifieds.usatoday.com/press/profitable-youtube-juggernaut-watchmojo-reaches-a-quarter-billion-unique-viewers-per-quarter/
WatchMojo Article: Amelia Earhart: Life and Disappearance: https://www.watchmojo.com/video/id/9083
Ash's LinkedIn Post: It's Time To Fight Back Against Those Who Abuse YouTube's Content ID Copyright Tool: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/its-time-fight-back-against-those-who-abuse-youtubes-karbasfrooshan/
Wikipedia Article: CCH Canadian Ltd v Law Society of Upper Canada: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CCH_Canadian_Ltd_v_Law_Society_of_Upper_Canada
Ash's Op Ed in Media Post: What Fair Use Is --And How It Works: https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/164983/what-fair-use-is-and-how-it-works.html
Ash's Op Ed in Media Post: Fair-Use Cases That Have Shaped Copyright Law: https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/188887/fair-use-cases-that-have-shaped-copyright-law.html
Ash's Op Ed in Media Post: Commercial Applications of Fair Use: https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/204081/commercial-applications-of-fair-use.html
Ash's Op Ed in Media Post: Fair Use: A Legal, Business And Common-Sense Proposition: https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/213697/fair-use-a-legal-business-and-common-sense-propo.html
Ash's Article in tubefilter: It's Time For YouTube's ContentID & Copyright Policies To Reflect Reality: https://www.tubefilter.com/2013/12/23/youtube-contentid-reflects-reality/
YouTube's Official Blog: Improving Content ID: https://youtube.googleblog.com/2012/10/improving-content-id.html
YouTube's Support Page: Retract a claim of copyright infringement: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2807691
YouTube's Support Page: Counter Notification Basics: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2807684
Wikipedia Article: Lenz v. Universal Musical Corp.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenz_v._Universal_Music_Corp.
Glassdoor Employee Review on ZEFR: https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Employee-Review-ZEFR-RVW3281550.htm
Wikipedia Article: Bertelsmann: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertelsmann
Billboard's article: BMG Expands licensing Deal with GEMA to Reach Digital Services in Russia, Turkey: https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8481656/bmg-digital-licensing-deal-gema-aresa-streaming
The Center for Internet and Society: How Copyright Law Censors Campaigns: http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2012/07/how-copyright-law-censors-campaigns
Wikipedia article: RTL Group: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTL_Group
The Globe and Mail's article: Vancouver's BroadBandTV could fetch $1-billion as RTL puts company on block: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/vancouvers-broadbandtv-could-fetch-1-billion-as-rtl-puts-company-on-block/article33847372/
Financial Times's article: RTL invests $127m in YouTube network StyleHaul: https://www.ft.com/content/28eae48a-632a-11e4-8a63-00144feabdc0
Crunchbase: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/zergnet#section-twitter
Bertelsmann's website: Bertelsmann Digital Media Investment Sells StyleHaul Stake to RTL Group: https://www.bertelsmann.com/news-and-media/news/bertelsmann-digital-media-investment-sells-stylehaul-stake-to-rtl-group.jsp
Wikipedia Article: Clean hands: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_hands
BDMI Website: Portfolio: http://www.bdmifund.com/portfolio-1
Wikipedia Article: ZergNet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZergNet
Vanity Fair Article: The Man Who Ate Microsoft: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2000/03/microsoft-200003
Bertelsmann: Shareholder Structure: https://www.bertelsmann.com/investor-relations/bertelsmann-at-a-glance/shareholders/
Wikipedia article: Thomas Rabe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Rabe_(manager)
Dina R. Jansenson, Esq. profile on JAMS: https://www.jamsadr.com/jansenson/
Bertelsmann website: Antitrust article: https://www.bertelsmann.com/corporate-responsibility/compliance/antitrust/
Hollywood Reporter article: YouTube Star Michelle Phan Settles Dispute With Dance Label Ultra Records: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/youtube-star-michelle-phan-settles-815153
SSRN Journal: Journal Article: Lawrence Lessig v Liberation Music Pty Ltd: YouTube's Hand (or Bots) in the Over-Zealous Enforcement of Copyright https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2486031
Music Business Worldwide article: BMG Boss Hartwig Masuch: 'We Are the fourth major music company": https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/bmg-boss-hartwig-masuch-warns-over-potential-bursting-bubble-of-publisher-sale-prices/
Wired Article: Google Walkout Organizers Say They're Facing retaliation: https://www.wired.com/story/google-walkout-organizers-say-theyre-facing-retaliation/
tubefilter's article: "Susan Wojcicki has "tea sessions" with Shane Dawson and James Charles to discuss creator concerns": https://www.tubefilter.com/2019/04/19/youtube-ceo-susan-wojcicki-has-tea-sessions-with-shane-dawson-james-charles-to-discuss-creator-concerns/
GoodWorksLab: 6 Amazing YouTube Facts: https://www.goodworklabs.com/6-amazing-youtube-facts/
Bertelsmann's Website: Speak Up - Contacts for the Code of Conduct: https://www.bertelsmann.com/corporate-responsibility/compliance/speak-up/
Tweet from Ash's Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/ashkan/status/1120693809623568386
Mashable Article: Viacom Sues YouTube for $1 Billion...The End of the Tube?: https://mashable.com/2007/03/13/viacom-youtube/
Tweet from Ethan Klein's Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/h3h3productions/status/953654974231138304
Business Battleground, Context TV, Copyright Claims, Fair Use
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