Put this together while home sick yesterday.
Just a way of showing the disjunct between Astley's comments about "Barack Roll" and YouTube/Sony's response.
I'm not too fussed really. The McCain getting Barackroll'd video is the stronger of the two and is still up. In any case, rickrollin' has more or less had its day.
I've got an idea for a new video in the same style. Might try to put it together to mark the first 100 days of the administration.
Thanks to everyone who's been in touch.
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Still Silent
Heard back from YouTube. Doesn't seem as though the muting of the Barack Roll videos is going to be lifted. Seems pretty funny given that Rick Astley himself has commented on the video and that Google itself has used the video in promoting its Elections Video Search gadget. Pretty sure YouTube used it as a featured video last year as well.
A few people have asked me to reupload the video. I don't think it's really appropriate to aggravate the matter in that way. The video isn't hard to find online for those who really want to do so.
Anyhow, the follow up video of John McCain being Barackroll'd is still nice and noisy. I brought to the attention of YouTube that the video used substantially the same audio, but they don't seem to have taken any action so far.
A few people have asked me to reupload the video. I don't think it's really appropriate to aggravate the matter in that way. The video isn't hard to find online for those who really want to do so.
Anyhow, the follow up video of John McCain being Barackroll'd is still nice and noisy. I brought to the attention of YouTube that the video used substantially the same audio, but they don't seem to have taken any action so far.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
A Muted Response
YouTube has, at least for the moment, muted the audio on my Barack Roll video.
[EDIT] Someone pointed out that the audio is not muted when the video is embedded in another site, but only when it is played throught the YouTube site. That strikes me as bizarre.
I've received a number of copyright notifications in the past in relation to different videos. Most (if not all) of these have seemed to be spurious and have been removed by YouTube. The present notification and muting, on the other hand, is on the basis that the videos may use audio content owned or licensed by Sony ATV Publishing, which (assuming Sony has the rights to Never Gonna Give You Up) they definitely do.
I've always considered that the use constitutes a fair use for the purposes of copyright law. I'm not a specialist in intellectual property law, and certainly not the law outside of Australia.
I figure that the video was probably picked up by some audio scanning software, rather than the notification being made specifically. I've made contact with YouTube, and am pretty happy at this stage to live by whatever their determination is, rather than getting involved in formal counter-notification procedures. I've got a fair amount of sympathy for Google in this regard - I understand the complex issues copyright claims give rise to and the practical difficulties in dealing with notifications on a case by case basis.
Would be interested to know what people think.
ps. Further apologies for continued lack of videos. Work in the court has been excellent fun, but also very time consuming.
[EDIT] Someone pointed out that the audio is not muted when the video is embedded in another site, but only when it is played throught the YouTube site. That strikes me as bizarre.
I've received a number of copyright notifications in the past in relation to different videos. Most (if not all) of these have seemed to be spurious and have been removed by YouTube. The present notification and muting, on the other hand, is on the basis that the videos may use audio content owned or licensed by Sony ATV Publishing, which (assuming Sony has the rights to Never Gonna Give You Up) they definitely do.
I've always considered that the use constitutes a fair use for the purposes of copyright law. I'm not a specialist in intellectual property law, and certainly not the law outside of Australia.
I figure that the video was probably picked up by some audio scanning software, rather than the notification being made specifically. I've made contact with YouTube, and am pretty happy at this stage to live by whatever their determination is, rather than getting involved in formal counter-notification procedures. I've got a fair amount of sympathy for Google in this regard - I understand the complex issues copyright claims give rise to and the practical difficulties in dealing with notifications on a case by case basis.
Would be interested to know what people think.
ps. Further apologies for continued lack of videos. Work in the court has been excellent fun, but also very time consuming.
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