Youtube: Copyright Claim Vs Strike

[morgandawn]

 I came back from Vividcon* with lots of ideas. one is how to get our niche of fandom to post more vids on Youtube (for various personal and strategic reasons, which I may post about later). But I figured I should walk the walk first and started uploading my older vids (or at least those that might still hold up today).  

So ...Dear Diary, today I learned the difference between “Your video has copyrighted content and you cannot monetize/ads may appear” vs “Your video may have copyrighted content and may be blocked in some countries” and “Your video has copyrighted content and has been taken down and this is your X strike.” Only the latter has serious repercussions for fan vidders. I am not happy with the first, but if that is the price we “pay” to play for now, I can handle it. The second (blocked in some countries) proved to me more tricky, but I’ve added a note about proxy services that viewers might use: “You can try to use a proxy service such as https://www.proxfree.com/youtube-proxy.php but proceed at your own risk. If you are using Firefox, you can install ProxyTube, a free add on: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/proxtube/"

Are there any other YouTube proxy services I can mention?

*Vividcon is a fan run convention about fanvids held in Chicago each August. Both vidders and fans of vids are welcomed

edited to add the ProxyTube suggestion

Comments

[larissabernstein]

Some browsers offer add-ons or plugins that make circumventing geo-blocks as easy as one mouse-click. For example, ProxTube in Firefox. I must admit, however, that sometimes this plugin is annoying as hell - it does not always work, and when it is not successful in removing a geo-block it will likely end up in a loop, reloading the page again and again.

I understand the motivation behind using YT (playlists, bigger audience), but - in the long run - switching to a vidding-friendly platform seems way more reasonable.

[morgandawn]

Thank you. I'll add a note. I agree we need a vidding friendly platform for long term viability. Sadly the only person I know working on one is vidders.net/Viddertube and that is pretty much a solo effort.

[vidderkidder]

Yeah, and the odds on those Solo efforts are usually not very good. :-)
(said in a way that exemplifies the second part of my LJ/DW name)

[morgandawn]

Go you!

[princessofgeeks]

So has YouTube decided vidding is fair use? Is there any consistency in how they draw the line?

[morgandawn]

No they have not decided it is far use. But they've worked out an agreement with content holders to enable users to use the music and in some cases the footage. It can be revoked at any time and randomly so. When/if revoked under the formal DMCA process, you can then file a fair use counter-claim - but unless you win it counts as a strike against you, 3 strikes and they delete all videos.

https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2814000?hl=en http://theweek.com/articles/608700/copyright-laws-are-breaking-youtube-heres-how-fix-problem http://petapixel.com/2016/02/20/how-i-turned-a-bs-youtube-copyright-claim-back-on-the-real-infringer/