WAW: Copyright Violation Idiots
jtherkal: So today I received these notices that videos had been removed from our YouTube channel due to copyright violations. I had to read them a few times to understand what they were saying, because certainly no company would ever ask you NOT to watch or show their commercial.
In the case of the Viagra Ad, it seems to be the music company that had a problem with us sharing their song without paying for or obtaining the rights. But in the other case it was Toyota, the actual car company, that asked to have THEIR AD taken down. Now, is it just me, or does asking people NOT to show your ad seem like the most ridiculous thing in the history of marketing? It’s FREE ADVERTISING! The whole reason you make an ad is to have people watch it and hopefully notice or remember it. The ultimate win (well, aside from making a sale) is when someone passes on information about your ad, or even better, passes on the actual Ad for others to see. I’m absolutely amazed and confused by this.
April 30th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
It’s the actors guild. We can’t upload our ESPN stuff because the actors would need to be compensated since it’s not in their contract. I agree it’s strange. Kinda like when Nike made me take down EVERY picture I took of the athletes from my Flickr page. EVEN THOUGH MY PHOTOS WERE USED ON THE NIKE HOMEPAGE WITHOUT MY PERMISSION!!! I feel like everything I work on nowadays has to be top secret and I really can’t share anything without getting in trouble.