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TL;DR: guy splices random scenes into his videos that are owned by multiple large corporations so that the firms fight each other over royalties. Is this a "Br

TL;DR: guy splices random scenes into his videos that are owned by multiple large corporations so that the firms fight each other over royalties. Is this a "Brilliant Workaround"? I report, you decide.

dilap 9y ago
Clever, at least.
personjerry 9y ago
AFAIK the author of this article, Patricia Hernandez, is known for her clickbait
- kevingadd 9y ago
  You're incorrect, look at her publication history. Just skimming the headlines (and examining the text of the longer-form articles) makes it pretty clear that the stuff she writes for them isn't clickbait. Some of it is brief summaries, but that's what happens when you're handling news for a games site. Lots of brief bits of information end up summarized because that's what your readers want.
  - philtar 9y ago
    > Five Reasons I Like Fortnite BR Way Better Than Battlegrounds Her latest article. A bunch of her other articles are like that as well. I believe that you are the incorrect one here.
    - mikestew 9y ago
      The article delivered what the headline promised (and was pretty spot on, but I prefer Fortnite myself). How is that clickbait? Have you considered that the word does not mean what you think it does?
    - lozenge 9y ago
      Listicle and clickbait isn't the same thing. That headline probably describes the article very well.
    - manicdee 9y ago
      A wild champion of ethics in video game journalism appears! The headline you quoted describes the content precisely and succinctly, like a headline should. Click bait is defined by outrageous headlines which do not brief the reader on the nature of the content. Those headlines and articles are designed to lure a reader in using misdirection and lying: see James Hamblin, “It’s Everywhere, the Clickbait,” The Atlantic, 2014-11-11, https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/11/clickbait-what-is/382545 https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/11/cl...
- pavel_lishin 9y ago
  AFAIK, we're not discussing the author of the article, or other articles by the same author. Let's stay on topic, shall we?
walterbell 9y ago
Has it been done before? According to the article, the goal was to keep his videos ad-free, since they are being funded by Patreon.
TillE 9y ago
The whole point is to keep the videos ad-free; it really is a clever solution for that.
- deleted 9y ago
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rcthompson 9y ago
I think I'd call it more of a reductio ad absurdum. The money quote from Jim Sterling in the article: "you have to actively try and 'infringe copyright' to exercise your fair use rights."

dilap 9y ago

Clever, at least.

personjerry 9y ago

AFAIK the author of this article, Patricia Hernandez, is known for her clickbait

kevingadd 9y ago
You're incorrect, look at her publication history. Just skimming the headlines (and examining the text of the longer-form articles) makes it pretty clear that the stuff she writes for them isn't clickbait. Some of it is brief summaries, but that's what happens when you're handling news for a games site. Lots of brief bits of information end up summarized because that's what your readers want.
- philtar 9y ago
  > Five Reasons I Like Fortnite BR Way Better Than Battlegrounds Her latest article. A bunch of her other articles are like that as well. I believe that you are the incorrect one here.
  - mikestew 9y ago
    The article delivered what the headline promised (and was pretty spot on, but I prefer Fortnite myself). How is that clickbait? Have you considered that the word does not mean what you think it does?
  - lozenge 9y ago
    Listicle and clickbait isn't the same thing. That headline probably describes the article very well.
  - manicdee 9y ago
    A wild champion of ethics in video game journalism appears! The headline you quoted describes the content precisely and succinctly, like a headline should. Click bait is defined by outrageous headlines which do not brief the reader on the nature of the content. Those headlines and articles are designed to lure a reader in using misdirection and lying: see James Hamblin, “It’s Everywhere, the Clickbait,” The Atlantic, 2014-11-11, https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/11/clickbait-what-is/382545 https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/11/cl...
pavel_lishin 9y ago
AFAIK, we're not discussing the author of the article, or other articles by the same author. Let's stay on topic, shall we?

walterbell 9y ago

Has it been done before? According to the article, the goal was to keep his videos ad-free, since they are being funded by Patreon.

TillE 9y ago

The whole point is to keep the videos ad-free; it really is a clever solution for that.

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rcthompson 9y ago

I think I'd call it more of a reductio ad absurdum. The money quote from Jim Sterling in the article: "you have to actively try and 'infringe copyright' to exercise your fair use rights."