A few years ago there was this #WTFU hashtag that was created by a guy who not only did not know how fair use works, but used the “this gives free promotion to your movies/shows, why u mad??” rationale, which is the dumbest fucking argument imaginable but I’m seeing it a lot here
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The true true is that game streaming is allowed to exist not because it’s fair use (ehhhhhnhhh.... debatable) but because it’s a mutually beneficial symbiosis. Like, he’s not wrong for pointing out there but for the grace of corporate game overlords go streaming.
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Now that doesn’t mean I think people SHOULD pay licensing fees as he’s implying, buuuhhhhhttt it would surprise me if that starts coming down the pike. I think they would have already except they did the cost benefit analysis of bad optics and went “nah”
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tl;dr “I’m using ur your content to promote ur content, why u mad??” is not how fair use works. lord I have been sitting on that for years
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No one is listening to the “fair use” portion of my fair use diatribe lol
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with the current supreme court this is gonna end up making content creators pay a licensing fee just like bar and restaurant owners do
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If any copyright holder really decided to make an issue out of it, existing case law would provide for it. The backdoor of going after the music because a performance license doesn't give a sync license is just easier and doesn't have even a passable fair use claim.
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I mean I guess it does if your game is bad.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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streamers are huge resources for game marketing and advertising and I think game devs are upset they don't control that
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*game executives :p infinite money isn't enough for game company suits.
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