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Re:YouTube's eraser tool removes copyrighted music without i... by jjav on Saturday July 06, 2024 @02:20AM (#40888490)
> I guess it's good that there's a new solution to this problem, but I wish it just wasn't a problem in the first place.

Youtube created the problem and now have this tool to help the problem they created. Indeed, it would be better to not have the problem in the first place!

Having some background music, or short clips, is absolutely fair use and from a pragmatic point of view, just common sense. But all the youtube content creators I know are in constant panic of letting even the slightest bit of external sound into their videos. It is completely unnatural.

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Re:YouTube's eraser tool removes copyrighted music without i... by Ferret7446 on Saturday July 06, 2024 @06:47AM (#40889561)
No, the people created the problem by voting (indirectly) for the legislation that led YouTube to create its system. Do you think YouTube wants to spend resources implementing a copyright strike system when they could just let that content exist on their platform?
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