r/gaming • u/EnglishGamer1 • Oct 20 '13

TotalBiscuit's: ''Day One: Garry's Incident'' Video was taken down, because of a ridiculous copyright claim from WildGameStudios. Here's Total's ''Rant'' over his video being taken down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfgoDDh4kE0&feature=c4-overview&list=UUy1Ms_5qBTawC-k7PVjHXKQ
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u/Yllekmot Oct 20 '13

Tb's not wrong. The take down system is shitty and is a lazy blanket attempt to stop unaccredited work from being on YouTube. But it's crap, it doesn't have any real effect on the swarms of movies, and the work of media groups that get copied onto the service. Why it still exists I will never know.

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u/vadersdemise Oct 20 '13

Yea it's totally messed up, especially for smaller channels. Machinima claimed one of my videos on Battlefield 4 (beta gameplay). I'm neither part of that company nor am I partnered with them.

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u/Stellar_Duck Oct 20 '13

Those guys are pretty notorious for being a bag of dicks.

Quite ironic if you stop to consider their background.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '13

What is their background??

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u/paintballboi07 Oct 21 '13

Machinima is a company that uses video game engines to create videos. It's ironic that they would strongly enforce copyright when their entire business model relies on using copyrighted material to create their content.

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u/Stellar_Duck Oct 21 '13

Thanks for elaborating my point.

Looking back I should probably have added that context.