Apparently I sang "Hooked on a feeling" so good in the intro to my Ape Out video that it got copyright claimed. Where's my Grammy?pic.twitter.com/VMy8kD3lFy
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By that logic then there has to be an assumption that the song actually adds value to the video.
To claim the entire income on the video the assumption is that the song was the reason the video had the income in the first place. Let’s get real: views are watching for the particular youtuber, not for a song the sang a few bars of in the middle of the video.
Yeah, but as it stands, if you want anything besides 100% going to rights holders you have to go to court and talk about it. Jack can take it to court or settle outside if they're willing. Music industry has done this for decades when they copied or sampled other songs.
The first 3-5 seconds of a video have been proven to be the most important. Jack singing it at the start especially is basically using a copyrighted song for entertainment to boost the performance of his video, earning him money. That alone would lose him the dispute.
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