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onlyonepinman
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This isn’t about whether or not someone is in favour of copyright infringement, because I absolutely promise you I am not.  It’s the arse about face approach, the idea that something will be considered copyright infringement until proven otherwise.  This will necessarily be the case because algorithms cannot determine context and so will be programmed with a “if in doubt, bock it out” approach to prevent lawsuits against the hosting platform.  The manual review process simply will not work because there’s just too much being uploaded, once your upload, whatever it is, is blocked it will be in limbo potentially indefinitely – especially if you’re not a big corp who can pay people to put pressure on host platforms to review it.  And if videogames are fair game, why not wargames and board games?  Photos of painted miniatures?  None of these currently require a license to host and yet all of these could be considered copyright infringement.  Oh and how long before someone who has whatever kind of license is required gets it revoked for giving a bad review?  This isn’t about copyright really, it’s about control.  Large corporations aren’t losing money because people are infringing their copyright on YouTube, they’re losing money because people are communicating about them in a way they cannot control.  Social Media has given a voice to the masses enabling them to create their own narratives, make decisions based on untold numbers of opinions and sources;  the corporations want that control back, whether it’s music, film, news or whatever

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