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Samsung 'blocks' exploding Note 7 parody videos

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Re: Samsung 'blocks' exploding Note 7 parody videos

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Post by intrasight »

jhasse wrote: post #21
nailer wrote: post #12

Wonder if the attention put on YouTube here will inspire Google to fix the financial and political 'infringement' takedowns. Eg, during the takedown process, have something like: > [ ] I understand that satire and political commentary does not in itself consititute copyright infringement, and that I am not filing this notice on the basis of the video satirizing or making commentary on my copywritten content. > [ ] I…

How about an alternative to YouTube? It's such a pity that online videos have become so centralized ...

How about hosting your own videos. Then someone would have to take you to court to have it taken down.

Re: Samsung 'blocks' exploding Note 7 parody videos

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Post by cmdrfred »

gambiting wrote: post #70
clarry wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> And if Apple used any other factory in China it wouldn't have happened? It could have happened in another factory. However, it surely wouldn't have happened in every single factory. And it shouldn't have happened in any factory. If large corps like Apple are in a position to influence a change such than things like this do not happen in the factories they rely on, then perhaps it is their moral responsibility to do…

The government of the country those factories are operating in, perhaps???

So manifest destiny is your arugment essentially?

Re: Samsung 'blocks' exploding Note 7 parody videos

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Post by antihero »

intrasight wrote: post #81
jhasse wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How about an alternative to YouTube? It's such a pity that online videos have become so centralized ...

How about hosting your own videos. Then someone would have to take you to court to have it taken down.

Couldn't they just send you a DMCA takedown request, then if you don't file a counter request and take it down, when it goes to court they can just nuke you for not following DMCA procedure?

Re: Samsung 'blocks' exploding Note 7 parody videos

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Post by robterrell »

Mithaldu wrote: post #77
turblety wrote: post #4

By uploading a parody video of a Samsung Galaxy exploding, I don't understand how there is a law being broken? Can someone explain how this is a copyright issue?

I wouldn't be surprised if the texture of the model in the mod is a photo published by samsung in some way, meaning they would have a copyright on the texture, and publishing a video made with the mod made with the texture would indeed be a legit copyright violation. Keep in mind that in general all gameplay videos are copyright violations because they display copies of textures belonging to video game studios, just…

That's not how copyright works. The forms of intellectual property protection that apply to the Note 7 simply don't apply to a texture in a video game that is video-captured. Even setting aside the broad protections given to parodies (in the US at least.)

Whoever made the texture in the mod owns the copyright to that texture. Even assuming it's made from a photo of an actual Note 7, the copyright is still that artist's, not Samsung's.

Think about the implications -- can Samsung assert copyright over any real-world photograph of any person holding a Note 7? Of course not.

Samsung probably has some design patents on the Note 7, but that means you can't manufacture phones with the same design. It doesn't mean you can't distribute images of that design.

Re: Samsung 'blocks' exploding Note 7 parody videos

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Post by vkou »

gok wrote: post #74

Why would Google want to leave up a video that ridicules their top hardware partner? YouTube isn't a public service.

There are plenty of videos on YouTube that are scathingly critical of Google, Google's partners, Google's vendors, Google's products, Google's policies, and Google's employees.

Re: Samsung 'blocks' exploding Note 7 parody videos

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Post by kijin »

mountaineer22 wrote: post #66
pooper wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Let me add, if somebody would be willing to subsidize such a service (large co, or gov) Except that such a large co or gov would probably not allow certain videos against itself. Can I force them to host it against their wishes? I don't mean to add this link sarcastically: https://youtu.be/8CMxDNuuAiQ Maybe we have hope with ipfs? It looks promising to me https://www.reddit.com/r/ipfs/comments/4eyc3v/ipfstube_a_pla…

No, I understood you. Benevolent 501c3, maybe? Really, the answer would be in symmetric last-mile internet connections, no? Having the ability to host and distribute/stream video would change many things in these industries.

It will have to be P2P of some sort. Even with full-duplex gagabit fiber, there's no way for one person to stream HD video to thousands of viewers simultaneously on a home or office connection,

Re: Samsung 'blocks' exploding Note 7 parody videos

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Post by whamlastxmas »

clarry wrote: post #62
jMyles wrote: post #34

I love you all. :-) Here we are again, and this thread is full of comments about whether this was afoul of DMCA or whether there's a way to adjust the system so that these claims will be more costly to the claimant. We need to break open the head here, people! We're scientists, right? Step back from your political ideologies and your fears and tell me what the real problem is with this biological system. Right: it's…

I can't fix the problem so it's up to you. Good luck. Increasingly, we live in a world of corporate ownership. Not private property.

Or more precisely, a world of rent-seeking instead of innovation. Society's consumption is constantly shifting away from traditional corporate interests. However, the one thing people will always need to consume is housing. I think this is why we're seeing property prices skyrocket - people with money realize the best and safest place for their money is property since it will always be in demand.
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