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Even if the courts won't uphold the copyright, that doesn't prevent people from claiming your videos and initiating YouTube's copyright process against you. Thi
by ThrustVectoring 4mo ago
Even if the courts won't uphold the copyright, that doesn't prevent people from claiming your videos and initiating YouTube's copyright process against you. This is a recurring problem for people who upload their own original performances of public-domain compositions, particularly solo piano.
- anigbrowl 4mo agoIndeed. False copyright claims should be illegal, they're an invitation to fraud.
- tardedmeme 4mo agoWhat if you claim it first against them? You wouldn't be punished for a false claim, since they're not.
- ThrustVectoring 4mo agouhh, no Reasonable people can believe they have a legitimate ownership right when they petition YouTube for copyright enforcement for AI-generated work. The courts might eventually disagree, but that's a different thing than knowingly making a fraudulent misrepresentations to YouTube for financial benefit. This difference makes the proposed behavior criminal fraud. I highly recommend not risking twenty years of prison time for like maybe a couple hundred dollars in ad revenue.
- tardedmeme 4mo agoIt's not knowing misrepresentation. You AI-generated the same video, so how were you to know it wasn't yours? Just don't show them this HN thread. Besides, nobody's actually checking