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YouTube upload mystery...

I have been wondering why some YouTube uploaders can post episodes of restricted copyright TV shows. Looks like most of those uploaders fail to post them on YouTube which will remove their videos due to copyright issues, but a few of them would succeed to keep them to share with the public. I've come to know that those who successfully get to keep their uploads sometimes get some sort of "red flags" from other people who report them to YouTube, which shuts their channels down (if they get a certain number of reports.) But a lot of those successful ones are doing fine with loading copyrighted things. How are they doing it?

MR asked in Television 8 months ago | Report

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    Youtube gets a LOT of videos posted, and unless something is reported it's likely to slip past their filtering staff. There are also ways to avoid the copyrights, such as modifying the original content enough or using only clips. Not to mention if the copyright holders also give permission for Youtube to host it, then it doesn't matter who uploads it, they can and will keep it. New broadcast companies tend to give the rights to Youtube more freely, some public TV shows will also give the rights to Youtube to display a copy. Copyrights are not as black and white as people may believe, there are nuances and ways to avoid them that many are unaware of.

    If you are in doubt, report it as a possible violation of the copyright, if there is actually a violation then they will remove it .... when they get around to it. Just remember it's not an instantaneous thing because of the number of videos uploaded to Youtube daily now.

    KittenKoder answered in Television 8 months ago | Report
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    When the latest movie version of "The Thing" was released to theatres, suddenly the original 1983 Kurt Russel/John Carpenter's "The Thing" was getting flagged left and right.
    As a result, you can watch nine 10 minute segments of the movie, but as soon as ANYONE uploads the final five minutes, it is immediately restricted, even Spanish language versions and captioned versions.
    Go figure. Most of the movie is just fine, but the last 10th segment gets banned.

    O my captain answered in Television 6 months ago | Report
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