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Anyone suggesting that this tactic can be stopped with copyright law is hilariously missing the point. The cops will just find a pro-cop artist and record label

by blt 6y ago

Anyone suggesting that this tactic can be stopped with copyright law is hilariously missing the point. The cops will just find a pro-cop artist and record label to play. The problem here is much deeper.

exporectomy 6y ago
The problem is YouTube celebrities being dicks for likes. The cops are clearly just annoyed at this guy who keeps trying to wind them up to video their reaction. He's not filming them potentially beating anyone up, they're just standing there while he complains about random drivers going past who they're not stopping. Just because the victim is a cop doesn't mean the bully isn't wrong. If he was honestly trying to record police abuse, he could do it better keeping his mouth shut and from a distance without constantly trying to draw them into a stupid argument.
- blt 6y ago
  No. The question isn't "is a cop allowed be annoyed with a youtuber?" or "is this youtuber causing net harm to the public good?". The question is: "can a cop interfere with a youtuber's ability to record and publish their actions?".
  - sawjet 6y ago
    > No. The question isn't "is a cop allowed be annoyed with a youtuber?" or "is this youtuber causing net harm to the public good?". The question is: "can a cop interfere with a youtuber's ability to record and publish their actions?". This doesn't interfere with the youtubers ability to record and publish the cop's actions. It only prevents them from profiting from it.
    - true_religion 6y ago
      It sort of feels worse to think that the police are interfering with a business simply because that business is anti-establishment. Sure they can be annoyed by this guy, but they lose respectability by trying to harm his business. The additional powers that police have, must come with some additional responsibility.
jMyles 6y ago
The idea that it's forbidden to publish what your eyes can see and ears can hear, in public, is completely insane. What is freedom of the press if not this?
- genericone 6y ago
  Weaponization of another human being's emotions against them, a human who in their official capacity is not allowed to defend themself, for the sake of video views, for ad money, paid for by companies willing to exchange money for bulk attention or bulk meta-data. Man, humanity is fucked.
- PragmaticPulp 6y ago
  Have any of these videos actually been taken down? I watched them on the guy’s Instagram account, where he’s using them to sell his anti-cop merch. I’ve been seeing this headline on multiple sites in the past few days, but all of them include the video, which apparently hasn’t been taken down anywhere? Starting to think the person filming is doing so to promote his personal brand, and it’s working.

by blt 6y ago

exporectomy 6y ago

The problem is YouTube celebrities being dicks for likes. The cops are clearly just annoyed at this guy who keeps trying to wind them up to video their reaction. He's not filming them potentially beating anyone up, they're just standing there while he complains about random drivers going past who they're not stopping. Just because the victim is a cop doesn't mean the bully isn't wrong. If he was honestly trying to record police abuse, he could do it better keeping his mouth shut and from a distance without constantly trying to draw them into a stupid argument.

blt 6y ago
No. The question isn't "is a cop allowed be annoyed with a youtuber?" or "is this youtuber causing net harm to the public good?". The question is: "can a cop interfere with a youtuber's ability to record and publish their actions?".
- sawjet 6y ago
  > No. The question isn't "is a cop allowed be annoyed with a youtuber?" or "is this youtuber causing net harm to the public good?". The question is: "can a cop interfere with a youtuber's ability to record and publish their actions?". This doesn't interfere with the youtubers ability to record and publish the cop's actions. It only prevents them from profiting from it.
  - true_religion 6y ago
    It sort of feels worse to think that the police are interfering with a business simply because that business is anti-establishment. Sure they can be annoyed by this guy, but they lose respectability by trying to harm his business. The additional powers that police have, must come with some additional responsibility.

jMyles 6y ago

The idea that it's forbidden to publish what your eyes can see and ears can hear, in public, is completely insane. What is freedom of the press if not this?

genericone 6y ago
Weaponization of another human being's emotions against them, a human who in their official capacity is not allowed to defend themself, for the sake of video views, for ad money, paid for by companies willing to exchange money for bulk attention or bulk meta-data. Man, humanity is fucked.
PragmaticPulp 6y ago
Have any of these videos actually been taken down? I watched them on the guy’s Instagram account, where he’s using them to sell his anti-cop merch. I’ve been seeing this headline on multiple sites in the past few days, but all of them include the video, which apparently hasn’t been taken down anywhere? Starting to think the person filming is doing so to promote his personal brand, and it’s working.