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Cop investigated for blasting copyrighted music while being videoed by protester
- ElViajero 5y ago> This is a crude exploit of automated content filtering systems and shows the real danger of so-called 'upload filters' that block content from appearing on websites with no human review or discretion, The idea behind YouTube and other video-sharing platforms is that they allow anyone to express themselves. If this "platforms" have so much control on the content that is published, why are not just labeled as "broadcast television" and end the charade? I guess that the only reason this has not yet happened is because Google wants to play the game without following the rules, regulations will force Google to take responsibility on what it publishes to a greater extend. Copyright is broken, so, not all fault is on Google and the others. But, the Internet seems to have enabled many to break social norms and regulations. New rules are needed that are fair and up to date with the times.
- villgax 5y agoExactly, does not seem funny when it comes right back to bite you in the keister
- meh2frdf 5y agoAll music has copyrights, the title doesn’t make sense!
- prepend 5y agoPublic domain music [0] doesn’t have copyright. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain_music https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain_music
- prepend 5y agoI guess this means research in isolating and removing particular audio patterns while retaining the non-pattern will be more important.
- chadlavi 5y agoAn excellent example of the Streisand effect
- bobbylarrybobby 5y agoI assume the cop paid the performance royalty?
- Tepix 5y agoIs there a way to automatically strip or make unrecognizable (potentially copyrighted) music from live video while leaving speech intact?
- McP 5y agoGood idea, and the answer is, in theory at least, yes. You can effectively subtract the copyrighted music from the audio track.
- brundolf 5y agoSounds like a great project!
- dharmab 5y agoIn the reddit thread for this story there were audio professionals offering to strip music for free using commercial tools they had access to. Something called Izotope RX was mentioned.
- PenguinCoder 5y agoSo that's what it takes to get an investigation started against a cop in America? Not treating your citizens like second class pieces of shit, not abuse of power, or ignoring laws when it suits them. Brought down by COPYRIGHT. Fucking depressing.
- frombody 5y agoYou have more wiggle room when you don't admit your crimes out loud on video. To avoid discipline, this guy could have said "I just like Taylor Swift" instead of detailing his intent to break the law.
- zugi 5y agoIn my dream world, this incident would be used as an indictment of the overzealous automated copyright infringement bots used by YouTube and other platforms, which ban or demonetize with a broad brush, and fail to distinguish between many types of legitimate, incidental, or fair use recordings. I see that as the elephant in the room here: there's no way any court would rule that this recording infringes on copyright, but we all know that making that case to YouTube would be like talking to a brick wall. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.
- pvaldes 5y agoLooks like the type of cases that any smart singer would love to made an exception, allow the use of the song for this unique case and appear as an hero to everybody. If I were Taylor Swift calling to allow a viral video I bet that Youtube's CEO would pick up the telephone. Appealing to rebel youngsters and turning your song into an hymn against corrupt police practices (an hymn for millions of people totally upset for the conduct of some police in the last years) is the type of golden publicity that you can't buy with money.