Piano teacher gets copyright claim for Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata [video]

Re:Piano teacher gets copyright claim for Beethoven’s Moonli... by kzrdude on Saturday May 01, 2021 @01:37PM (#27008139)

Everyone uses youtube. Local businesses use youtube. I took driving lessons and they use it. Small tech companies use it to host their promo videos, and so on. So people use it without even needing the "reach" that youtube can provide - it's just being used for hosting.

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Re:Piano teacher gets copyright claim for Beethoven’s Moonli... by zentiggr on Saturday May 01, 2021 @04:38PM (#27009610)

Again and again the same basic "but it's free" refrain.

Sure, building on quicksand is free. No one wants to pay for a service that is as undependable, and impossible to appeal in case of fraudulent or just mistaken bans.

So go ahead and build on that quicksand... but do it knowing so, and stop complaining when the quicksand swallows you.

There might not be much land around the edge of the quicksand patch, but it's solid ground.

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Re:Piano teacher gets copyright claim for Beethoven’s Moonli... by johnnyanmac on Sunday May 02, 2021 @05:32PM (#27019238)

I think the point here is that users don't have much option, not the hosts. If the DMV uploads instructional videos to Youtube, it's hard to boycott google if you want a license.

Meanwhile, I don't think the State govt.is going to care much about convoluted processes against takedowns. That's just Tuesday for them, they aren't gonna fight google on this despite technically having the resources.

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