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Police officer plays Taylor Swift song to keep a video off YouTube

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Re: Police officer plays Taylor Swift song to keep a video off YouTube

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Post by pope_meat »

That's pretty clever, they know that an individual with a video can be dealt with a lot easier than a viral video where the whole public gets to see the behavior.

I'm glad some precincts burned down last summer. I'm glad a bunch of cops quit, and the ones remaining are all on edge, maybe negative reinforcement works on them too xD

Re: Police officer plays Taylor Swift song to keep a video off YouTube

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Post by BitwiseFool »

pope_meat wrote: post #2

That's pretty clever, they know that an individual with a video can be dealt with a lot easier than a viral video where the whole public gets to see the behavior. I'm glad some precincts burned down last summer. I'm glad a bunch of cops quit, and the ones remaining are all on edge, maybe negative reinforcement works on them too xD

>"I'm glad some precincts burned down last summer. I'm glad a bunch of cops quit, and the ones remaining are all on edge, maybe negative reinforcement works on them too xD"

Be careful what you wish for.....

Edit: You may hate the cops, but do you really think that mobs will be more accountable than the police?

Re: Police officer plays Taylor Swift song to keep a video off YouTube

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Post by babyshake »

gumby wrote: post #3

Would be simpler to simply play 4’33” on a continuous loop. For those who’d not know the song: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4′33″

I don't think it would be possible to verify this when making a copyright claim. But along these lines, if you could play a loop of audio that would not be recognized by people around you or not recognized as music but could be recognized by an algorithm, then you could use this strategy without anyone knowing.

Re: Police officer plays Taylor Swift song to keep a video off YouTube

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Post by BitwiseFool »

scotuswroteus wrote: post #5

Isn't that video evidence that the police officer is violating the copyright?

I really have no clue. Playing music in public isn't considered copyright violation. Otherwise playing the radio would be unlawful.

Edit: Wow, it really is considered unlawful. I reflexively hate the idea that playing a song can be considered violating copyright. Yes, I know there's more to it than just that, but wow.

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