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Originally Posted by AndrewG
Red Pony Tours put in a copyright infrigement against one of my Maet Loaf videos. They are a cover band who play Meat Loaf songs. If cover bands and other artists / singers would not be allowed to put up any songs of other original artists I reckon you can take down around 20-30% of YouTube. It seems to me that YouTube automatically just take down videos as soon as you make a copyright infringement claim no matter what the content is of that video. I even put "COVER" in all my video titles a while back but that did not even work I guess. They can shove it up their ass.
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It's because there are so many on youtube that YT refuse to police the service, claiming the disclaimer you see when you upload is all they have to do. They have since come to agreement with the PRS and BPS that they will remove content if it is pointed out to them, hence the ridiculous claim form filling for every video.
Cover bands can also be taken down as their PRS membership (if they are legal and have one) doesn't extend to recorded performance, only public performance.
Personally i dont like all the removal of vids, especially the stuff that we can no longer get. But if that's what Meat wants then so be it. I've just uploaded a load of P!nk videos from her last tour, if she wants them taken down then fine, it's her decision what she wants out there, i made sure i only put up ones that were good to watch though, not any old shite. What i'm saying is, while i enjoy the vids people put up and appreciate the time they take to do it,if it gets taken down, you can hardly complain, you know it shouldnt be there.
Hopefully once the new album is out and sunk in, Meat will loosen up a bit and like many other artists see yt as a promotional tool rather than a hinderence.