Counter-strike: Exposing ContentID Abusers How YouTube's ContentID system has become Google's Achilles Heel & exposes rights holders to antitrust & class action lawsuits https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/its-time-fight-back-against-those-who-abuse-youtubes-karbasfrooshan/ YouTube has invested $60 million in developing ContentID. A decade later, ContentID has stifled creators' rights and become increasingly weaponized by intermediaries who recognized loopholes in the system which has seen Google pay out over $5 billion by now. In this episode of Business Battleground, WatchMojo Founder Ashkan Karbasfrooshan goes in depth to 1. explain copyright and fair use, 2. discuss key cases and precedents that have defined the framework for the principle of fair use and fair dealing, 3. identify some of the claimants with whom WatchMojo has had disputed with, including Bertelsmann BMG, Hexacorp Orfium, Zefr, CBS, FIFA, Toei and others. 4. outline some of the options channels have when they're being unfairly attacked. If you've ever uploaded a video to YouTube, you may have a received a notification that your video includes copyrighted content. What does that mean and is it fair? In this episode of Business Battleground, WatchMojo Founder, Ashkan Karbasfrooshan, goes into depth about the battle about copyright claims WatchMojo has been fighting for years. Learn about what constitutes fair use, how copyright ID claims have become exploitative, and what WatchMojo has been doing about it for the last 13 years. What are your thoughts? Let us know in the comments below! And, let us know what ideas and topics you'd like us to tackle next? https://watchmojo.com/context/suggest/ #copyright #copyrightclaimchallenge #youtube See the articles referenced in this piece: TechCrunch's Article: How To Make Money In Online Video:https://techcrunch.com/2010/02/07/how-to-make-money-online-video/ tubefilter's Article: YouTube Has Paid Out More Than $3 Billion To Copyright Holders Through Content ID: https://www.tubefilter.com/2018/11/07/youtube-payouts-content-id/ Press Release: Profitable YouTube Juggernaut WatchMojo Reaches a Quarter Billion Unique viewer per Quarter: http://classifieds.usatoday.com/press/profitable-youtube-juggernaut-watchmojo-reaches-a-quarter-billion-unique-viewers-per-quarter/ WatchMojo Article: Amelia Earhart: Life and Disappearance: https://www.watchmojo.com/video/id/9083 Ash's LinkedIn Post: It's Time To Fight Back Against Those Who Abuse YouTube's Content ID Copyright Tool: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/its-time-fight-back-against-those-who-abuse-youtubes-karbasfrooshan/ Wikipedia Article: CCH Canadian Ltd v Law Society of Upper Canada: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CCH_Canadian_Ltd_v_Law_Society_of_Upper_Canada Ash's Op Ed in Media Post: What Fair Use Is --And How It Works: https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/164983/what-fair-use-is-and-how-it-works.html Ash's Op Ed in Media Post: Fair-Use Cases That Have Shaped Copyright Law: https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/188887/fair-use-cases-that-have-shaped-copyright-law.html Ash's Op Ed in Media Post: Commercial Applications of Fair Use: https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/204081/commercial-applications-of-fair-use.html Ash's Op Ed in Media Post: Fair Use: A Legal, Business And Common-Sense Proposition: https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/213697/fair-use-a-legal-business-and-common-sense-propo.html Ash's Article in tubefilter: It's Time For YouTube's ContentID & Copyright Policies To Reflect Reality: https://www.tubefilter.com/2013/12/23/youtube-contentid-reflects-reality/ YouTube's Official Blog: Improving Content ID: https://youtube.googleblog.com/2012/10/improving-content-id.html YouTube's Support Page: Retract a claim of copyright infringement: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2807691 YouTube's Support Page: Counter Notification Basics: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2807684 Wikipedia Article: Lenz v. Universal Musical Corp.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenz_v._Universal_Music_Corp. Glassdoor Employee Review on ZEFR: https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Employee-Review-ZEFR-RVW3281550.htm Wikipedia Article: Bertelsmann: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertelsmann Billboard's article: BMG Expands Licensing Deal with GEMA to Reach Digital Services in Russia, Turkey: https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8481656/bmg-digital-licensing-deal-gema-aresa-streaming The Center for Internet and Society: How Copyright Law Censors Campaigns: http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2012/07/how-copyright-law-censors-campaigns Wikipedia article: RTL Group: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTL_Group The Globe and Mail's article: Vancouver's BroadBandTV could fetch $1-billion as RTL puts company on block: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/vancouvers-broadbandtv-could-fetch-1-billion-as-rtl-puts-company-on-block/article33847372/ Financial Times's article: RTL invests $127m in YouTube network StyleHaul: https://www.ft.com/content/28eae48a-632a-11e4-8a63-00144feabdc0 Crunchbase: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/zergnet#section-twitter Bertelsmann's website: Bertelsmann Digital Media Investment Sells StyleHaul Stake to RTL Group: https://www.bertelsmann.com/news-and-media/news/bertelsmann-digital-media-investment-sells-stylehaul-stake-to-rtl-group.jsp Wikipedia Article: Clean hands: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_hands BDMI Website: Portfolio: http://www.bdmifund.com/portfolio-1 Wikipedia Article: ZergNet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZergNet Vanity Fair Article: The Man Who Ate Microsoft: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2000/03/microsoft-200003 Bertelsmann: Shareholder Structure: https://www.bertelsmann.com/investor-relations/bertelsmann-at-a-glance/shareholders/ Wikipedia article: Thomas Rabe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Rabe_(manager) Dina R. Jansenson, Esq. profile on JAMS: https://www.jamsadr.com/jansenson/ Bertelsmann website: Antitrust article: https://www.bertelsmann.com/corporate-responsibility/compliance/antitrust/ Hollywood Reporter article: YouTube Star Michelle Phan Settles Dispute With Dance Label Ultra Records: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/youtube-star-michelle-phan-settles-815153 SSRN Journal: Journal Article: Lawrence Lessig v Liberation Music Pty Ltd: YouTube's Hand (or Bots) in the Over-Zealous Enforcement of Copyright https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2486031 Music Business Worldwide article: BMG Boss Hartwig Masuch: 'We Are the fourth major music company": https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/bmg-boss-hartwig-masuch-warns-over-potential-bursting-bubble-of-publisher-sale-prices/ Wired Article: Google Walkout Organizers Say They're Facing retaliation: https://www.wired.com/story/google-walkout-organizers-say-theyre-facing-retaliation/ tubefilter's article: "Susan Wojcicki has "tea sessions" with Shane Dawson and James Charles to discuss creator concerns": https://www.tubefilter.com/2019/04/19/youtube-ceo-susan-wojcicki-has-tea-sessions-with-shane-dawson-james-charles-to-discuss-creator-concerns/ GoodWorksLab: 6 Amazing YouTube Facts: https://www.goodworklabs.com/6-amazing-youtube-facts/ Bertelsmann's Website: Speak Up - Contacts for the Code of Conduct: https://www.bertelsmann.com/corporate-responsibility/compliance/speak-up/ Tweet from Ash's Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/ashkan/status/1120693809623568386 Mashable Article: Viacom Sues YouTube for $1 Billion...The End of the Tube?: https://mashable.com/2007/03/13/viacom-youtube/ Tweet from Ethan Klein's Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/h3h3productions/status/953654974231138304

Watch our first documentary here: https://youtu.be/m0NiK66pgTM Do you want to listen to Context TV on the go? This episode is also available as a podcast! Listen to it here: https://wmojo.com/ContextApple https://wmojo.com/ContextSpotify https://wmojo.com/ContextStitcher https://wmojo.com/ContextGoogle In this episode of Context is King, Ashkan Karbasfrooshan and Rebecca Brayton explain how WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann essentially destroyed his company, but walked away with $1.7 billion. What happened? Is this fair? Watch for more! Let us know in the comments what ideas/topics you'd like us to discuss next: https://watchmojo.com/context/suggest #entrepreneur #wework #adamneumann

YouTube has invested $60 million in developing ContentID. A decade later, ContentID has stifled creators' rights and become increasingly weaponized by intermediaries who recognized loopholes in the system which has seen Google pay out over $5 billion by now. In this episode of Business Battleground, WatchMojo Founder Ashkan Karbasfrooshan goes in depth to 1. explain copyright and fair use, 2. discuss key cases and precedents that have defined the framework for the principle of fair use and fair dealing, 3. identify some of the claimants with whom WatchMojo has had disputed with, including Bertelsmann BMG, Hexacorp Orfium, Zefr, CBS, FIFA, Toei and others. 4. outline some of the options channels have when they're being unfairly attacked. What are your thoughts? Let us know in the comments below! And, let us know what ideas and topics you'd like us to tackle next? https://watchmojo.com/context/suggest/ #copyright #copyrightclaimchallenge #youtube

Counter-strike: Exposing ContentID Abusers How YouTube's ContentID system has become Google's Achilles Heel & exposes rights holders to antitrust & class action lawsuits https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/its-time-fight-back-against-those-who-abuse-youtubes-karbasfrooshan/ YouTube has invested $60 million in developing ContentID. A decade later, ContentID has stifled creators' rights and become increasingly weaponized by intermediaries who recognized loopholes in the system which has seen Google pay out over $5 billion by now. In this episode of Business Battleground, WatchMojo Founder Ashkan Karbasfrooshan goes in depth to 1. explain copyright and fair use, 2. discuss key cases and precedents that have defined the framework for the principle of fair use and fair dealing, 3. identify some of the claimants with whom WatchMojo has had disputed with, including Bertelsmann BMG, Hexacorp Orfium, Zefr, CBS, FIFA, Toei and others. 4. outline some of the options channels have when they're being unfairly attacked. What are your thoughts? Let us know in the comments below! And, let us know what ideas and topics you'd like us to tackle next? https://watchmojo.com/context/suggest/ #copyright #copyrightclaimchallenge #youtube

Noah and Mariam check out awesome trains at the Henry Ford! They find Henry Ford's very own, private train: Fair Lane. Learn all about it!

Episode #1 of Innersleeve, WatchMojo's new music podcast, is here and what better way to kick things off than to have our host Cassius Morris joined by our music-loving CEO, Ashkan Karbasfrooshan, talk about his love for music, why WatchMojo is entering the podcast game, how navigating the complicated world of copyright can be tricky business and pay tribute to the late Eddie Van Halen!

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