Cop investigated for blasting copyrighted music while being videoed by protester(sfgate.com)
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Cop investigated for blasting copyrighted music while being videoed by protester
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Alameda-Bay-Area-cop-Taylor-Swift-protesters-16289924.php
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So 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.
You 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.
To avoid discipline, this guy could have said "I just like Taylor Swift" instead of detailing his intent to break the law.
In 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.
It will be interesting to see how this plays out.
Looks 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.
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.
> 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.
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.
Exactly, does not seem funny when it comes right back to bite you in the keister
All music has copyrights, the title doesn’t make sense!
Public domain music [0] doesn’t have copyright.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain_music
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain_music
I guess this means research in isolating and removing particular audio patterns while retaining the non-pattern will be more important.
An excellent example of the Streisand effect
I assume the cop paid the performance royalty?
Is there a way to automatically strip or make unrecognizable (potentially copyrighted) music from live video while leaving speech intact?
In 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.
Sounds like a great project!
Good idea, and the answer is, in theory at least, yes. You can effectively subtract the copyrighted music from the audio track.