The 'Tube is using my AMV for advertising - anyone else?

[nevada11]

Old news bro. Google makes 98% of its profit through advertisement

[Qyot27]

I wonder if this is their idea to try and keep the 'tube from completely tanking the whole company. I remember reading that the bandwidth costs associated with running it were making the creators hemorrhage funds, and even though Google bought them out, I think the costs were still prohibitively high, even for them. They'd have to do something to keep it afloat, but I'm not sure if this can really do that.

[Kionon]

I wonder if this is their idea to try and keep the 'tube from completely tanking the whole company. I remember reading that the bandwidth costs associated with running it were making the creators hemorrhage funds, and even though Google bought them out, I think the costs were still prohibitively high, even for them. They'd have to do something to keep it afloat, but I'm not sure if this can really do that.

If that's the case, I am a-okay with YouTube just dying. I don't visit it enough on a daily basis to miss it if were gone.

[Megamom]

Tube... I have fear

[JudgeHolden]

So, I just uploaded 4 videos to the tube. On each one they sent me an emailing saying that the music was owned by either Sony or WMG. The video using WMG music was pulled right away; the ones with Sony music where allowed to stay and had the ad placed on them. Leason: Sony good, WMG evil.

[seasons]

If that's the case, I am a-okay with YouTube just dying. I don't visit it enough on a daily basis to miss it if were gone.

While it's pretty worthless and redundant as far as being a go-to source for AMVs, and a good 80% of its videos are fairly worthless and unoriginal vanity projects (or misguided vendettas of the personal and political), it still fits a niche that the Internet always needed and provides a worthy outlet of creative expression for thousands of people every day.

Not to mention that it's provided a platform for covering issues that the media cannot or simply chooses not to touch. Remember any of this from 2 months ago?

http://mashable.com/2009/06/20/iran-youtube/

I guess my point is that our individual experiences of it are pretty small compared to what it means to the world at large.

[seasons]

http://mashable.com/2009/06/20/iran-<a href="http://www.animemusicvideos.org/forum/v ... ochsack</a>/

Son of a bitch, here's the link.

http://tinyurl.com/lxc2xn

[Reoer]

So, I just uploaded 4 videos to the tube. On each one they sent me an emailing saying that the music was owned by either Sony or WMG. The video using WMG music was pulled right away; the ones with Sony music where allowed to stay and had the ad placed on them. Leason: Sony good, WMG evil.

Not sure if this is old news or what, but it worked on my latest AMV which was WMG related:

1) Go to "My Videos".
2) Select "Resolve Copyright" on the video you are having copyright issues with. OR, go to the video itself and choose "resolve copyright" from there.
3) Scroll down and pick the option "I want to learn more about this dispute process".
4) Scroll down and pick the option "Take me to the dispute form".
5) Pick option #2 and PASTE the following statement into the text bar next to it;

"Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use."

6) Fill out the rest of the info on the page. Use your REAL name where it asks for it. Choose "Continue" when all information has been filled out.
7) Scroll down on the next page and select "Submit dispute".

Within 2-3 minutes your video's audio should be back!

[Pwolf]

you're lying though... amvs aren't fair use.

[Reoer]

you're lying though... amvs aren't fair use.

"Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use." I'd consider it non-profit, personal use.