Today in weird YouTube stuff: I got a copyright claim from Ray Parker Jr. for using a piano arrangement of the Ghostbusters theme. We are now “sharing” revenue on the video. Then, I saw Jeremy Jahns post that he also got a copyright claim for singing the Ghostbusters theme...
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I am not saying that my specific instance was abuse, but the system of auto-claiming compositions is abusive. It can’t tell whether I used it in parody, or for what purpose I recreated it. That recreation might have commentary within it that constitutes fair use.
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When I did a sad, elevator music version of the Best Day Ever for my Nick Hotel video, it said soemthing more than the note progression itself. It had commentary and meaning within it, but if the system sweeps up mere note progressions now, how is that not abusive to creators!
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