Is YouTube's copyright system fine, while the world's is...broken? That's what famous YouTuber Tom Scott has asserted in his latest, aptly titled: "YouTube's Copyright System Isn't Broken. The World's Is."

In our first response video in some time, we dive into Mr. Scott's claims on both legal and rhetorical levels:

What is the current state of intellectual property enforcement?

How does YouTube deal with the "muddy middle" of fair use and infringement?

What does Mr. Scott suggest needs to change?

And what do we have to say about all of that?

Because we (apparently) only respond to Scotts...in Virtual Legality.

CHECK OUT THE VIDEO AT: https://youtu.be/Hpa61mMdkiU

#Copyright #DMCA #YouTube

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Discussed in this episode:

"YouTube's Copyright System Isn't Broken. The World's Is."

YouTube Video - March 23, 2020 - Tom Scott

https://youtu.be/1Jwo5qc78QU

"Hey [Hoeg], the excellent [Tom Scott] did a lengthy video essay on copyright law."

Tweet - March 23, 2020 - Parallax Abstraction (@PXAbstraction)

https://twitter.com/PXAbstraction/status/1242179094093103104

"A Nintendo Nightmare: Copyright and "Dreams" (Virtual Legality #194)"

YouTube Video - March 21, 2020 - Hoeg Law

https://youtu.be/tyneXcS72uI

"Sony Reportedly Pulls Mario Creation From Dreams After Nintendo Complaint"

IGN - March 21, 2020 - Joseph Knoop

https://www.ign.com/articles/sony-dreams-nintendo-mario-copyright-ip-intellectual-property-lawsuit

"Virtual Legality #53 - No, "Games as a Service" Isn't Fraud: A Response to Accursed Farms (Hoeg Law)"

YouTube Video - May 1, 2019 - Hoeg Law

https://youtu.be/yndkAmqjs0o

"Virtual Legality - "Games as a Service" and Fraud: A Conversation with Ross Scott (Accursed Farms)"

YouTube Video - May 3, 2019 - Hoeg Law

https://youtu.be/yt2ar78R28o

"Copyright Act of 1790"

WIkipedia Entry

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Act_of_1790

"History of copyright law of the United States"

Wikipedia Entry - "Major Amendments to Federal Copyright Law"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_copyright_law_of_the_United_States

"What is the history of corporations in America?"

Investopedia - Updated August 3, 2019

https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/041515/what-history-corporations-america.asp

"Exclusive rights in copyrighted works"

17 USC 106

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/106

"Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use"

17 USC 107

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/107

"Authors, Attribution, and Integrity: Examining Moral Rights in the United States"

US Copyright Office Website

https://www.copyright.gov/policy/moralrights/

"Streaming, Copyright Infringement, and Fair Use (Virtual Legality #177)"

YouTube Video - February 19, 2020 - Hoeg Law

https://youtu.be/vTjsKrC3tOE

"YouTube’s “MxR Plays”: Fair Use, Extortion, and the Muddy Middle of Copyright (VL155)"

YouTube Video - January 10, 2020 - Hoeg Law

https://youtu.be/VtV_nYZT-mg

"Copyright Strikes for Explaining Copyright Law? (Virtual Legality #186)"

YouTube Video - March 5, 2020 - Hoeg Law

https://youtu.be/kF2GMxChNkA

"Copyright Reform and the DMCA: A CASE Study (VL121)"

YouTube Video - October 23, 2019 - Hoeg Law

https://youtu.be/j-WgBJwZm1k

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"Virtual Legality" is a continuing series discussing the law, video games, software, and everything digital, hosted by Richard Hoeg, of the Hoeg Law Business Law Firm (Hoeg Law).

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DISCUSSION IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS LEGAL ADVICE. INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED IN THE LEGAL TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS VIDEO SHOULD CONSULT WITH THEIR OWN COUNSEL.

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