CGP Grey explains meme culture

ShunkW , 9 months ago

Fuck him now that he started copyright striking channels that were under fair use

Masimatutu OP , 9 months ago

Oops, didn’t know that

PHLAK , 9 months ago

Care to share a source on this? I’d like to know more.

MalachiAzrael , 9 months ago

I’m guessing it’s about this

old.reddit.com/…/cgp_grey_issues_2nd_copyright_st…

TL;DR People who make reaction content should really get permission from the original creator.

ShunkW , 9 months ago

I mean, that’s a courtesy, but if it falls under fair use, get over it. VTH videos are transformative, as he provides additional context, corrects inaccuracies, and more.

Kaldo , 9 months ago

Would the same argument work for movies, can I upload the entire Oppenheimer to youtube if I sometimes add an edit explaining some scenes or adding context, for example? Is that also transformative?

Cuz I don't mind react videos on their own, but the common issue is they basically re-upload the entire original video and people who watch that don't have to give views to the original. IMO react videos shouldn't contain more than 50% of the original.

ShunkW , 9 months ago

I can see the argument about percentage. I’m really not sure. I think with this particular case, grey has millions of subscribers and I don’t think VTH does. He’s not stealing views from grey honestly.

It’s tricky to define transformative for sure. At the end of the day, I think grey could have handled it better. He threw a hissy fit because he had received a strike before and decided to fuck over other, smaller creators out of spite.

ShunkW , 9 months ago

He filed against Vlogging Through History at least and a couple other history channels I don’t watch. The strikes were reversed when CGPGrey didn’t file suit after VTH appealed.

This is the only video YouTube search is giving me right now.

youtu.be/_PF8sZ6NUEk?si=8JnU9LqqC7zYV1gs

zeekaran , 9 months ago

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