He used nothing of the original (aside from lyrics), therefore it is fair use. For something to be fair use it has to be transformative from the original work. In the end, Roomie is in the right, and Billie's publisher is actually doing something illegal.
I wasn't saying it was fair. As a YouTuber I know how unfair the current system is, but these things take time. As you can see, they are trying to introduce a new system to allow creators to see what was claimed, and remove that from their video.
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“These things take time” Stunning how it’s only steadily gotten worse over the years then instead of improving.
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Exactly. The community has told YouTube about many issues for years... nothing has happened except for changes we don't need.
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, it's the big music companies abusing the broken copyright system. If YouTube were to make a proper, working system, the companies would lose out on huge profits and would either sue them into the ground or pull out of advertising.