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Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by magicalhippo on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @06:54PM (#26084167)
What's preventing them from making their own tune, put it on cdbaby or whatever it was to get it into the content id system, and then issue copyright takedowns?

Similar to this[1].

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz14Ul-r63w

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Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by bentcorner on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @02:18PM (#26093460)
IANAL, but then the uploader could file a counter-notice claiming fair use (which seems reasonable).
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Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by magicalhippo on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @03:55PM (#26094651)
But AFAIK it's primarily up to the copyright holder to decide if it is fair use or not. From YouTube's help page[1]:

YouTube gets many takedown requests to remove videos that copyright owners claim are infringing under copyright law. Sometimes these requests target videos that seem like clear examples of fair use. Courts have decided that copyright owners must consider fair use before they send a copyright takedown notice. Because of this, we often ask copyright owners to confirm they’ve done this analysis.

[1]: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9783148?hl=en#zipp...

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