Youtube vs Sony Music

Pawnless Endgame

Pawnless Endgame

Pawnless Endgame

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This landed in my email inbox today.

Your video, Top Spin @ Rugeley Fair 2008, may include content that is owned or licensed by these content owners:

* Content owner: Sony Music Entertainment Type: Audio content

As a result, your video is blocked in these locations:
Germany
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First thing - why only in Germany eh?! I'm a fairground / theme park enthusiast with over 50 own-recorded ride videos on my Youtube account. We're talking about some background music, where you can hear the gusts of wind, the hums and clunks of the fairground machinery, plus some cheesy sound effects that the ride ops might deploy. Because you hear the sound effects every few seconds, it cuts up the music anyway. I know that Sony Music have stepped in because of piracy, but why would anyone want to pirate some barely audible music? Sure, I can understand if it's stereo CD-quality music without interruption overdubbed onto an existing video using Ulead MoviePlus or something, but why this? Hell I don't even know what the offending track is. I just record ride videos and try and capture the atmosphere!
 
It's an automated system. System detects the music and "bans" the video in certain countries...
 
Automated systems are rubbish anyway.

Aceybongos (UK Xbox rep) did video diaries for E3. His videos got blocked for copyright infringement.

Completely useless :/
 
dmpoole said:
I uploaded this for a friend and got exactly the same email except the German bit -
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This is completely different to the OP, he happened to record some music already playing, you appear (Correct me if I am wrong?) to have purposefully placed copyrighted music on the video as a deliberaate backing track?
 
[TW]Fox;16783914 said:
This is completely different to the OP, he happened to record some music already playing, you appear (Correct me if I am wrong?) to have purposefully placed copyrighted music on the video as a deliberaate backing track?
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I didn't place it on the video but you're not wrong.
I was just amazed that I had an email saying I'd infringed copyright and thought 'How clever'.
Am I bothered? - no.
 
Thanks for the answers peeps. Yes, TW[Fox] is right - my video had background music that was already playing, and was being drowned out by other sounds. I'm surprised that the "bot" picked it up.
 
I uploaded a video and within 5seconds it sent me a message ;)

Clever how it knows :o though mine was good quality so
 
I'm having massive issues with YouTube at the moment. All my WRC videos have been removed because the rights holder are claiming copyright to my own footage.
 
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