There is also more talk that the reason for the "commercial viability" clause is let YouTube get rid of "bad actors" whom it can't prove are advocating white supremacy.
Monday, November 18, 2019
More bogus copyright claims continue on Youtube, while COPPA Controversy explodes
One complainant then tried to make a “deal” with the "defendant". Another, a well-known conservative
figure who has been deplatformed, had shown integrity by not issuing
anything. The video stresses you normally
can’t copyright your name – you can trademark a company name or book or movie
series – but that doesn’t mean others can’t criticize it.
David Pakman reports now that NBC also issued a
takedown of his coverage of the impeachment livestream, and CNN issued a second
takedown. All were reversed after
complaints, but revenue was lost. Pakman
says he used the CSPAN feed of the House website, which is public domain.
Michael Moreno, a mathematician who talks about
morality and logic (maybe like “Moral Tribes”) says he got a privacy takedown
from a professor at his school in Utah, whom he says practices reverse racism.
But the name and information was widely public.
Viewers may have heard that the COPPA controversy
continues today. According to many
observers, individual channels could be liable for fines if they don’t label
channels as “made for kids” when the FTC examiners (who will troll the videos)
decide otherwise, after the fact. The
policies go into effect Jan. 1. There is controversy over how examiners at the FTC would classify videos that incidentally might appeal to kids despite the fact that the content provider intended it for general use, and the way it is accessed might matter.
There is also more talk that the reason for the "commercial viability" clause is let YouTube get rid of "bad actors" whom it can't prove are advocating white supremacy.
There is also more talk that the reason for the "commercial viability" clause is let YouTube get rid of "bad actors" whom it can't prove are advocating white supremacy.
COPPA has been law since 1998 and was upgraded in
2013. Some years ago, Blogger required
all blogs (including this one) to include a Privacy Policy (at the bottom of
this page) which I believe is related to COPPA.
Blog posts, since they are based on text, are less likely to be a target
for COPPA than videos (I presume). But if
they have ads, the possibility of violations would exist. GDPR in Europe is
similar.
I quickly checked most of my videos. I have a few incidentals from model train
shows (which I view as “stage events” or art work, not toys) but YouTube left
my marking of them as NFK. The problem with
my videos is that they are intended to be viewed through blogs, not as a
channel on its own, and my descriptions (often entered on phones) are
sparse. A random visitor may notunderstand
that. I will probably go back and add
the source blog url on some of them to give context. The volume and subscription counts are too
low for YouTube monetization. But it
seems possible that cookies in YouTube could be used to drive visitors to other
similar videos that are monetized. I
also don’t have sponsors for ads on YouTube right now, but if I did, that would
also create similar potential for violation setups.
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