A number of novel uses of copyright were mentioned last lecture. This reminds me of the huge amount of false copyright claims that one of my favourite YouTubers, named ‘TwoSetViolin’ is facing. As a classical music comedy duo, they usually play classical music in the videos and they have already gotten more than 100 copyright claims, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbbejIoYITc. Recently, they receive another false claim against their live Mendelssohn violin concerto with Singapore String Orchestra, filed by TuneCore, which clearly does not own the copyright of the classical music that is in the public domain (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsMMG0EQoyI).
The copyright claim system on YouTube has been largely exploited. People can easily file a copyright claim by submitting a copyright removal request, and this has been used as a way to get the revenue of the videos or to attack the YouTubers that some dislike. If at least part of the justification for Copyright laws is to facilitate societal progress in the arts & sciences, this system of YouTube clearly vitiates that purpose. Even if YouTube later takes down the claim recognizing that it is false, it still takes a long time for the YouTubers to claim back their money. This discourages YouTubers to create new contents because they cannot get what they deserve.
Communications Law