Having spent the better part of a year on a project (which is done), I’ve been a faithful reader but apathetic contributor.. partly because I haven’t had anything catch my attention (other than $1.5T evaporating from the market – something for another post) long enough to spur those creative urges.. but honestly I’ve been fairly lazy..
With that.. UMG, Universal Music Group, is taking my “views” off of YouTube! They’re not asking, they’re telling (email below from yesterday)..
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Dear Sean,
Your video “The Tree is Gone” has been identified by YouTube’s Content Identification program as containing copyrighted content which UMG claims is theirs.
Your video “The Tree is Gone” is still available because UMG does not object to this content appearing on YouTube at this time. As long as UMG has a claim on your video, they will receive public statistics about your video, such as number of views. Viewers may also see advertising on your video’s page.
Claim Details:
Copyright owner: UMG Content claimed: Some or all of the audio content Policy: Allow this content to remain on YouTube.
- Place advertisements on this video’s watch page.
Applies to these locations:
United StatesUMG claimed this content as a part of the YouTube Content Identification program. YouTube allows partners to review YouTube videos for content to which they own the rights. Partners may use our automated video / audio matching system to identify their content, or they may manually review videos.
If you believe that this claim was made in error, or that you are otherwise authorized to use the content at issue, you can dispute this claim with UMG and view other options in the Video ID Matches section of your YouTube account. Please note that YouTube does not mediate copyright disputes between content owners. Learn more about video identification disputes.
Sincerely,
The YouTube Content Identification Team
Some time ago, I put together some family videos with background music for the “rents” in Florida, and one in particular was about a 100-yr old oak tree that died in the backyard of the in-laws and had to be cut down.. So I filmed the “execution” with my background music of choice, Talking Heads – Burning Down the House, to accompany the video.. clever, I thought, but by no means meant to enhance the video for submission to Sundance for consideration..
But now, as I’m fiddling around with AdSense last week in my blog and on YouTube, things get serious.. You know money’s tight when UMG is scouring content on YouTube for “copyrighted” songs with views under 1000.. do I get my views back when I “unclick” AdSense from my YouTube account? Probably not, now that I’m on their radar..
Take it, they’re yours..
Todd says:
Sir, no one person from BMG is scouring your videos, it’s audio fingerprinting, machine “listening” if you will. That was announced on the YouTube blog months ago.
You’ve got options.
1 – Comply with the law and do not use other people’s copyrighted material as your own, without consent.
2 – There’s an easy hack – just “scrub” the finger print out of the copyrighted material with Audicty or any other popular audio editing software.
3 – Use music released under Creative Commons license and follow the accepted attribution rules.
November 10, 2008 — 8:08 am
Sean M. Broderick, CCIM says:
Got it, thanks.. I’m not a SAG member nor am I up on intellectual property rights as of yet.. but will look into it..
November 10, 2008 — 2:16 pm