Thread:EmigaRaptor/@comment-24176520-20141226235739/@comment-25653892-20150118234348

Speaking of termination, YouTube copyright claims are bullshit. It's too easy to close someone's account for something meant to be parodical or harmless.

Under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, "fair use" for purposes such as commentary, criticism, news reporting, research, teaching or scholarship is legal. Of course, if you put that in a video's description, it doesn't make half-an-egg-salad of a freakin' difference.

Also, YouToogle+ commenting now has no character limits (hello, ASCII phallus art (seriously, why do people try to spam and mess up everything they can (no really, people, what the hell))), but making an appeal has a character limit for… some reason…? No, I bet there is no reason, because why would you need an incredibly restraining character limit to do something concerned with copyright infringement and US government law? And maybe it would just be a stupid decision rather than a huge deal if the character limit was generous. But nope, you can't write jackshit in that little amount of space.

And maybe the thing overall wouldn't be such a big deal if so many companies didn't abuse their copyright-claim powers to the point of regularly sanctioning material in ways and contexts that are literally illegal.

Someone should make a great alternative to YouTube and convince a large chunk of YouTubers to move there instead so that Google wakes the hell up. Hey, that's actually not a bad idea, I should tell that to some people and have them program it! Oh wait, if Amazon can buy Twitch, Google can definitely gain control of whatever other thing comes along. Shit.

WOW MOAR TANGENTS :U