For the record I am fully aware this is neither leak nor rumour however this holds great significance for the gaming industry as I am sure there are many content creators in these subreddits.
Allow me to explain the situation, Article 13 also renamed to Article 17 as you may know it is a section of copyright law that imposes stricter guidelines for the major platforms eg Facebook/YouTube. This article essentially holds them accountable for any copyright infringement on their platform which is deeply unfair, YouTube would be unable to implement any sort of filter system as it would undoubtedly damage the platform even further.
So for the major music companies this makes their job of exploiting creators that much easier, to those who don’t know or those who may be looking to start a YouTube channel possibly around leaks and rumours. Say you have a video discussing a rumour, with some form of music playing in the background could be as little as a 3 second clip. These major corporations can come in and claim the video as theirs monetising the video for themselves and make off with the revenue. These companies also pay no credence to fair use or parody laws, the worst part of this is, is that if you were to take this up and dispute the claims the first time you attempt this it will be reviewed directly by the music company. It is only on the second time of dispute is this actually reviewed by YouTube, if they then disagree with the claims you get a strike. If the company has made a false claim and it is discovered they walk off scotch free.
A simple way to solve this issue would be to implement a clause to Article 13 stating if you make a false copyright claim you will be held accountable, and I guarantee they would back off. Ik this isn’t a leak of any kind however I will be posting this in several subreddits as this affects creators hugely. Which frankly is of greater importance.
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