On TV, American Idol's receiving mixed reviews with the addition of the new judge, Kara Dioguardi. Some people are good about the addition and the changes this season while others think that it was a big mistake. Still on May, we'll witness who among the thousands who auditioned will be named the 8th American Idol.
Maybe at this point you now have favorites and you'd be eying on their performance in the coming weeks, right? Of course, you'd be downloading MP3s of their performances. How? Torrent? Limewire? Or maybe iTunes? Are you kidding? Who'd want to pay if they're offering it for free? Once you've downloaded their performances you'd post it on YouTube (maybe) claiming that you were the first one to upload it or you have the official copy or you have the best HD copy... Soon, YouTube will find you and delete your video!
I uploaded a video of Josh Groban when he sang "Believe" on Oprah while Tom Hanks was promoting "The Polar Express." In less than a week, the video was deleted by Harpo. --__--
Yes! They are that fast!
You've been seeing deleted videos of amateur videos of vlogers who were using copyrighted materials like songs or footages. I think it's a general rule that we need to ask permission first before using their material as our content. But these rules aren't really clear, right? What are the procedures? And do they think the millions of YouTube users care if they're violating something or not?
It's not as elementary as the golden rule. Well, using other people's contents is relative to the golden rule. Ouch! Having said that, I'm now affixing the names of the owners of the images I'm using in this blog. Though I'm not sure if that's enough. I heard somewhere that as long as you're not earning from it (this being my blog), that's fine. Well, I just hope I'm on the right track or else you won't be reading anything after this post.
When it comes to images, if you edited an image of a celebrity and added your photo next to him/her, are you violating anything? Some people are saying that it's already a "new image" with the addition of your picture. But the basis of the "new image" is copyrighted. You may still be violating something.
Like this one: Shepard Fairey, a renowned illustrator in the United States, created this illustration of President Barak Obama during his campaign before becoming a president. He was sued by Associated Press saying he violated the AP copyright by using an AP photo of the president back in 2006.
So if I am vectoring James Dean just for fun and post it in this blog or post a tutorial on how to vector, chances are they can sue me. Damn! Who would want to vector celebrities if they can be sued for creating art? Now I'm having second thoughts on finishing this.
To end this supposedly short entry, I'm posting this video of a popular Asian on YouTube talking to the people who're responsible for deleting his videos. Apparently, he's been using copyrighted songs. This is funny!
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