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I am a bit saddened that Fran Blanche produced this video in the way she did. Fran is clearly, and justifiably, frustrated by the circumstances. She has every r
by II2II 4y ago
I am a bit saddened that Fran Blanche produced this video in the way she did. Fran is clearly, and justifiably, frustrated by the circumstances. She has every right to be. Yet claims like she owns the copyright if anybody since she owns an original reel is poorly articulated. I think Fran meant to say she may own the copyright to her transfer of the reel and she has the right to make a copy of the reel since the film is in the public domain.
The copyright situation is a mess though. Another poster said that they nope out of the idea of creating content due to stuff like this. I understand that feeling. On the other hand, their content would simply be ripped and reposted on somewhere else without some sort of technical means to enforce copyright. Either way, people who know how to abuse the system are going to abuse the system to their own benefit. There is no effective means to combat that abuse. The courts are out of reach to most people. Even a company as big as Google would have trouble handling and verifying claims. Even if they could dedicate the resources, it would probably expose them to being successfully sued in borderline cases. (Fran can point to her original reel, not everyone can do the same.)
EDIT: for those who are insisting that I am twisting Fran's words, I made it perfectly clear that she said if anybody. If you disagree with what I am saying, fine, but please don't claim that I am saying she said something she didn't because I am not.
- bloudermilk 4y agoFran was unequivocal in her belief that no one can claim copyright on the content. If you’re referring to the quip she made along the lines of “if anyone” I think you’re missing the point of her video
- jazzyjackson 4y ago> Yet claims like she owns the copyright if anybody since she owns an original reel is poorly articulated. I interpreted this as having a laugh at how ridiculous it is for someone else to claim it's their footage, "I have the original right here!"
- II2II 4y agoDifferent people are going to interpret what she said in different was. In my case it was Fran venting her frustration. In my case, I realize she wasn't making a copyright claim, but it doesn't take much of a stretch of the imagination to imagine somebody out there would interpret Fran's words in that manner.
- prepend 4y agoShe said multiple times that she does not own the copyright. And she explains that’s because the video is a government product in the public domain. What she says that if it was possible to have a copyright claim it should be her because she owns the reel. But not that she has copyright.
- exhilaration 4y agoI'm guessing you're not a native English speaker because this: Yet claims like she owns the copyright if anybody since she owns an original reel is poorly articulated isn't at all how I interpreted what she said.
- masswerk 4y agoRegarding "if anybody", mind that this is about a given technical resolution of the media, comparing a low-resolution, multiple generation copy to a fresh copy from the original that she physically owns. There is unique work involved in this.