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0 pointsleephillips10y ago0 comments

"Takedowns suck."

No, stealing (yes, stealing) people's work sucks. Unjustified takedown requests do suck (and what makes them suck so much is platforms' craven response to frivolous requests). But we're talking about real, willful infringement here.

"Content creators don't want that"

You probably shouldn't try to speak for all of us, because you are wrong.

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taejo10y ago· 1 in thread

What does the content creator gain from the user seeing a black box? That's way worse than them seeing the content and the creator getting money for it, from both the user and the creator's perspective.

leephillipsOP10y ago

Firstly, the copyright holder gets to decide what's in his best interest, not you.

Secondly, just playing along, what he gets is his audience going to the legitimate source for the content, where he will get his full measure of remuneration, where the work will be seen in its proper context, and where he can ensure that it's not tampered with.

jboggan10y ago

I can't speak for everyone in a small comment but, here's the nuance I left out in the interest of brevity:

An overwhelming number of creators prefer to set their match policies for ContentID to monetize. Some have tiered track/monetize/block policies that are contextually dependent on match length, % match, and country of viewership. But the great majority of creators prefer to monetize. Your mileage may (and does) vary.

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