The irony being, of course, that they appear to make it more confusing. They're clearly framing fair use as "very difficult" by reading it in "difficult lawyer voice" and not even explaining the legal language they quote on screen.
Also, what's with the cat's evil laugh/motivation for using the counter-notice form? (Besides the fact that they don't even explain its implications for fair use.) On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 4:10 PM, Kevin Driscoll <[email protected]>wrote: > My read is slightly different: making a cartoon implies that copyright > is really complicated and they are going to make it fun and easy to > understand. In my experience, fair use is common sense and the only > people making copyright complicated are "content owners". > > And, let's be real, it's only a small, very vocal, highly capitalized > minority of "content owners" who are upset. > > > > kevin > > > On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 1:04 PM, Alex Leavitt <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I was at Open Video Conference last fall, and the YouTube representative > on > > one of the morning panels said that users should make videos explaining > and > > teaching about fair use, inferring it wasn't YouTube's responsibility to > > help with this stuff. Many glares from the group I was with. > > > > Also, what's up with the tone of the video? Condescending is one way to > put > > it, but why do they have to frame the video as if "this copyright stuff > can > > easily be understood by a 5 year old who likes wacky cartoons"? > > > > Alex > > > > --- > > > > Alexander Leavitt > > PhD Student > > USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism > > Researcher > > Microsoft Research New England > > http://alexleavitt.com > > Twitter: @alexleavitt > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Kevin Driscoll <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> Viewers hit with copyright claims are now forced to watch an > >> incredibly condescending video about copyright. The part about fair > >> use is particularly offensive. It suggests that fair use is so > >> confusing that people should just avoid it and make their own > >> "original content". > >> > >> Anyone know if users outside of the US get the same video? If so, this > >> is a extra bad. > >> > >> http://mashable.com/2011/04/14/youtube-copyright-school/ > >> > >> We should start a campaign to get people to "drop out" of copyright > >> school and provide our own alternate curriculum. What videos should > >> Google have used instead? > >> > >> kevin > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Discuss mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >> FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss > > > > >
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