MAKE IT STOP!!!!!! (Rant)

[Serv0]

It is TOO. I think I know my own roommate's name, thank you very much.

Oh so you're from Iraq too.

[godix]

Submit a copyright violation notification if you have project files and such you can use as evidence.

How could it be a copyright violation when I don't own the footage or the music?

From the <a href="http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ14.html">US Copyright Office</a>: A “derivative work,” that is, a work that is based on (or derived from) one or more already existing works, is copyrightable if it includes what the copyright law calls an “original work of authorship.” Derivative works, also known as “new versions,” include such works as translations, musical arrangements, dramatizations, fictionalizations, art reproductions, and condensations. Any work in which the editorial revisions, annotations, elaborations, or other modifications represent, as a whole, an original work of authorship is a derivative work or new version.

Under that definition AMVs could be argued to be derivative works and you can claim copyright for anything you've done to make it different from the original source. Although this does open up a huge can of worms on if you have the legal right to create a derivative work to begin with (short answer: no) or if a court would side with you if things went that far. But the DMCA only requires a 'good faith belief' that infringement occurred, not that you be able to clearly prevail in a court case. If you believe AMVs are derivative works then you have justification for using the DMCA to protect your AMV.

In other words, go ahead and flag it. Your edits are yours and no one else should be able to use them without permission anymore than they should be able to host unedited Naruto episodes without permission.

OTOH I still think most anger at youtube boils down to 'they stole what I stole first!'

[Yok/0]

"they stole what I stole first!"

http://www.you-tube.com/watch?v=g_e5dueH6e4

Think this relates to the topic at hand. : /

[mirkosp]

"they stole what I stole first!"

http://www.you-tube.com/watch?v=g_e5dueH6e4

Think this relates to the topic at hand. : /

That's actually even worse. It's not a random guy stealing amvs just to do... it's actually a person who gets paid for his work... which he just stole and randomly put together.

[FoxJones]

Would someone like to steal my videos? They are quite nice (though a bit illegally made)..

[OropherZero]

Hey FoxJones nice to see you're still alive

[JaddziaDax]

I've been accused of stealing my own video only once, but it was by a person who really liked the video and was trying to "look out for the original creator" I told her to look at my profile on the org and match the videos with the ones on my account, and I even have the same screen name on both (which is about the time I started linking and why I started linking.) and actually THANKED her for looking out for me.

Well, I would have been nicer about it if they hadn't called me an asshole. Lol.

if you were nice back it might really throw them off since they are obviously trying to cause drama :3

[Songbird21]

if you were nice back it might really throw them off since they are obviously trying to cause drama :3

Lol. Interresting idea.

[purplepolecat]

Recently I uploaded an AMV to the tube, and a couple days later the same vid was posted by someone else, but with a logo pasted at the top of the screen (yes actually over the video) for some website. I assume this was the work of a spambot. I flagged it as spam and it was taken down immediately.

I had someone post one of my AMVs and give me credit, which was nice. Even if they didn't give me credit I probably wouldn't try to make them take it down, at least people are watching it. I can't believe that people actually try to take credit for other people's AMVs, but at least it means there are people lower on the scale of social aptitude than me.

[Songbird21]

but at least it means there are people lower on the scale of social aptitude than me.

LOLOLOL.

Yes, it is flattering to a degree, but I would prefer to be the one who gets the comments on my vids. Lol.