3/9/2008 - Youtube Hates Anime

This is another YouTube complaint video and it raises some good points about the increased enforcement of "copyright infringement" rules. A while ago, I posted a trailer for EA's Marvel fighting game and it got flagged for copyright infringement. Now, how stupid is that? I mean, if EA wanted to make people aware of the game they are selling, why would they get rid of their own trailer on YouTube? Does that make any sense at all? The ironic thing is that they canceled the game not too long ago. Now would I be allowed to re-post that video? I mean it's a non-existent game now... could they possibly claim copyright infringement for something like that?

This video talks about the removal of a lot of "AMV" videos which are anime music videos that users have created with anime footage and appropriate music. I know YouTube wants to emphasize "user-created" content, but I think AMV's would qualify as being works of art that's definitely user-created. If you've seen some of the better AMV's out there, you can appreciate the editing skills of the creator as well as their creativity in choosing the particular clips to match the lyrics. YouTube has to learn that they are not the only video distribution site on the 'net.