Multiple Beverly Hills PD officers now weaponizing copyright against streaming

Re:Multiple Beverly Hills PD officers now weaponizing copyri... by RIMR on Friday February 12, 2021 @12:27PM (#26116101)

I think it's more important to focus on is the rationality of enforcing copyright law against music captured in the background of a video. Fair use should be much more broad.

So long as the video isn't produced for profit, the producer isn't unfairly benefitting off the presence of the music in the video, and the quality of the audio doesn't compete with that of a commercial recording, I don't see the issue.

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Re:Multiple Beverly Hills PD officers now weaponizing copyri... by 1MoreThing on Friday February 12, 2021 @12:34PM (#26116184)

These rules were created specifically because so many people were profiting off the ad revenue of music in videos. There's not a simple way to determine if the audio just happens to be in the background or if the content producer is benefiting from the inclusion of music they don't have rights to.

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Re:Multiple Beverly Hills PD officers now weaponizing copyri... by gowld on Friday February 12, 2021 @02:09PM (#26117305)

It's trivial: demonetize the video, or extract the standard license fee from the ad revenue. YouTube already knows how to do this.

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