On February 21 2012 15:12 thedeadhaji wrote:
Would you care to elaborate on the copyright complaint and how you resolved it?
Is it because the BBC's work is in the public domain?

Yeah, no problem

The audio was claimed, though it doesn't say by who; it's listed as having been objected to by the Music Publishing Rights Collection Society, but there's nothing more specific than that. The visual portion was also immediately claimed by Fox.

A close friend is an artist who's had some stuff objected to in the past, so he advised me to file a copyright dispute and claim that the content, while it had come from a number of existing sources, constituted art in its own right. Within an hour the folks from the Music Publishing Rights Collection Society had manually signed off to say that they agreed with my dispute/claim and that it was happy to allow it to be shown worldwide.

Fox hasn't responded, but I'm given to the impression that not responding equates a "don't worry about it" sort of position

thedeadhaji

39489 Posts

February 22 2012 06:53 GMT

#23

Interesting... thanks for enlightening us.

Also, Bump!

GhoSt[shield]

Canada2131 Posts

February 22 2012 09:15 GMT

#24

SirJolt so well done once again. So fun to watch and thanks for the effort to make it. ^_^5stars

BleaK_

Norway593 Posts

February 22 2012 10:04 GMT

#25

So. Awsome.

Heyoka

Katowice25012 Posts

February 22 2012 10:15 GMT

#26

This was all very enlightening.

Shkudde

Netherlands709 Posts

February 22 2012 10:56 GMT

#27

Awesome-sauce squared :D! 5 stars and then some.

Sokalo

United States375 Posts

February 22 2012 11:32 GMT

#28

SirJolt you are my favorite poster on TL. Honest.

I also kind of wonder what sorts of things are wrong with you, but in a good way.

Liquid`Drone

Norway28734 Posts

February 22 2012 11:40 GMT

#29

this is sooooo goooood.....

neurosx

Luxembourg1096 Posts

February 22 2012 12:57 GMT

#30

That was soooooo awesome

turdburgler

England6749 Posts

February 22 2012 13:25 GMT

#31

i think i remember hearing somewhere that large companies like fox have people whos actual job it is to go round social sites like youtube and just dispute everything, even if its obviously under fair use or another exception, they just dispute everything passing on the work of working out if its problematic to youtube.

Bazzyrick

United Kingdom361 Posts

February 22 2012 14:50 GMT

#32

I thought this was a serious debate coming from someone who believed all aliens are some form of monstrous killers, then I saw the video.

Very funny, nicely made :D

WigglingSquid

5194 Posts

February 22 2012 14:53 GMT

#33

Certainly a most instructive documentary! Here, have some internets, kind sir.

strongandbig

United States4858 Posts

February 22 2012 15:04 GMT

#34

Awesome video editing. That scene is super disgusting but 5/5 anyway.

Also I kind of wonder if the copyright claim on the audio might have been for the music, rather than the narration? I believe YouTube has algorithms which check the audio when you upload a video and compare it to some set of copyrighted music. I imagine this is to stop people who just upload a song over a slideshow or the lyrics.

rastaban

United States2294 Posts

February 22 2012 15:57 GMT

#35

Ahh so well done 5 stars, looking forward to your upcoming interview as well!

JieXian

Malaysia4677 Posts

February 22 2012 16:15 GMT

#36

hahahaha the scene before, during and after where he struggles + the narration was so funny hahahahaha

I can't help to notice that the alien looks like a dick.