(02-17-2013 08:51 AM)SERIOUSLY THOUGH Wrote: As far as I see it, if it's under copyright, then companies are well within their rights to say what can and cannot be used.
That being said, companies should be a bit more lax with people who use their material without making money out of it.
So simple but it's about the moneh moneh. This happened recently with SEGA taking down Shining Force videos so that their own SF videos could gain more popularity. Or SEGA(again) who told the Street of Rage remake team to stop production on a game. I know Nintendo and Square have also stopped fan made movies and games. Recently the MLP: Fighting is Magic recieved a
cease and desist on the fan game.
I see two sides to it which makes sense. When you get companies that see fan made games for example
Streets of Rage, I understand the frustration of gamers getting pissed over companies stopping their hard work. But for SEGA the game could represent the game/characters/sound etc in a way they don't want. They don't want these (their property)characters to be remade into a new game incase it it doesn't represent the SoR series in way that SEGA wants. I agree with a lot of people getting annoyed with their fan-made video/game/song etc being taken down. But it is understandable from that company perspective.
Other side is that companies like the idea and get behind it like the recent Street Fighter x Megaman fan game. +1 for Capcom(for once).
There are other times when there is no excuse when SEGA went on a flagging rampage and
flagged Shining Force videos just to make sure attention isn't drawn away from their own video. It's bullshit and I hate that.
It's dumb because it all comes down to money. Back in 2006 when YouTube was getting big, EVERYTHING was safe to be viewed and was created by the community and still is related to their own content but mostly from content that's already been created; Minecraft videos for example). Since YouTube was bought in by Google, we've had a massive amount of copyright bullshit from companies even with fair use policies. It's money, once you make something big on YouTube that uses company created content (fandubs/lets plays) those companies then want a slice of that cake. On my channel for example, I can't put ads on videos that has content from owned by companies like Namco(Ranked Matches on Tekken 6), so they run ads with nothing going to me (before I got partnered).
As Ga2sert said, the laws are old and should be updated. I do think crediting the source is important though. I had to issue a copyright on someone because they stole one of my videos with no permission but it wasn't for review or educational purposes either. It was a straight forward steal which is what I don't like. The same goes for Animes/Films/TV shows/Music(is a grey area) that are directly uploaded to YouTube without the purpose of reviewing/critiquing and such.
But doing a parody, review, dubbing etc shouldn't be punished.
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