Spoiler: patent systems don't work either and are mainly useful for big companies to sue each other for big money and keep legit competition from entering the market.<br>If you're an inventor with a patent and someone infringes your patent, you have about 2/3 chances that the patent will not protect you, and you're sure to waste time and money.

Spoiler: patent systems don't work either and are mainly useful for big companies to sue each other for big money and keep legit competition from entering the market.
If you're an inventor with a patent and someone infringes your patent, you have about 2/3 chances that the patent will not protect you, and you're sure to waste time and money.


I have not watched this video yet and I am predicting this video will be epic!

Edit. The video was awesome.


Remember that big corporations are causing most of these copyright woes, and also remember that youtube/google is one of those big corporations. We need to stop seeing youtube as an ally here.


I kinda feel bad for ol' Empy boy. It's almost as if this site has been torturing him in a dungeon for the past 12 years.


Meanwhile where i live you can literally open a retail store in a mall exclusively selling pirated content and no one would bat an eye


It's therapeutic hearing him rant about how bad copyright has gotten


And that, my guys, is the very core of US' capitalism


"When nothings public domain, ...everything is"

 HEH HEH HEH HEH


I actually went to the description dropdown the moment that I saw that downward spiral solely because I thought that I'd find some sort of teespring sticker.


YouTube is a new media platform that wants old media money


How would Disney songs that get remade be handled? Since the new Aladdin re used songs, does the copyright get extended on the song, or it's a new copyright that only applies to that particular version/performance in the new movie.

Hope this isn't a stupid question, but I just had a thought.


Anyone else notice the downward spiral and YouTube’s copyright laws(And About all copyright laws) are very similar to 40k’s The Warp? It’s just utter chaos and ridiculousness


Yesterday I uploaded a Private day video showcasing movie trailers (personal use), I clearly stated that I own NONE of the content used in the video nor the music used. I immediately got 26 copyright claims.


Poor YouTube, it did nothing wrong. The Almighty "I'll take your video down because feels like bulling" YouTube.


EmpLemon is now a nifty minimalist wallet salesman.


This is wildly fascinating. Modern copyright and modern social activist groups share a lot of commonality, but they each strive to achieve the same results, just using opposite methods of each other, and neither of which are consistently critical of each other; it's almost as if they:

--don't know of each other(pretty unlikely, but worth considering).
--have disguised their agendas to each other.
or
--have a mutual understanding or deal with each other(though i'll acknowledge that to label it as a deal lands this hypothesis firmly in the realm of conspiracy theories.).

Both social activist groups and copyright were started on the principles of: Equity, Equality, and Stability. But as the years became decades, each gradually became a disgusting parody of what they once represented, they each went so far as to become the very thing the founders of each of these ideas fought against; It always blows my fucking mind to smithereens how the irony was achieved on this grand of a scale...

This is _wildly_ fascinating. Modern copyright and modern social activist groups share a lot of commonality, but they each strive to achieve the same results, just using opposite methods of each other, and neither of which are consistently critical of each other; it's almost as if they:

--don't know of each other(pretty unlikely, but worth considering).
--have disguised their agendas to each other.
or
--have a mutual understanding or deal with each other(though i'll acknowledge that to label it as a _deal_ lands this hypothesis firmly in the realm of conspiracy theories.).

Both social activist groups and copyright were started on the principles of: Equity, Equality, and Stability. But as the years became decades, each gradually became a disgusting parody of what they once represented, they each went so far as to become the very thing the founders of each of these ideas fought against; It always blows my fucking mind to smithereens how the irony was achieved on this grand of a scale...


When south park episodes slowly become more and more of an reality.

Matt and trey where always right about everything we just never listened long enough to notice, let's not forget about nambla

Well, they're deliberately made to satirize current affairs, so that's a given.

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So when are we going to agree that the big corporations will one day be mere footnotes in our grand grand grand childrens history books, only two or three pages away from the lecture subjects about the cold war?<br>They won't stay on top forever.

So when are we going to agree that the big corporations will one day be mere footnotes in our grand grand grand childrens history books, only two or three pages away from the lecture subjects about the cold war?
They won't stay on top forever.


You know, it's funny. While I was watching Cartoon Network in 2016, I saw that Teen Titans Go had a birthday episode for Beast Boy, where he turns into a baby because the other Titans never celebrated his birthday. They try to get him back through another dimension and the first thing they had to do is to sing a birthday song. But when Cyborg began the song, Robin stopped him because he said the song was copyrighted. I thought it was a way to put in filler. But then, a month later, Regular Show had an episode on creating a new birthday song. I was skeptical at first and thought that they're filling in nothing for time, but when I found this video a year ago, I was shocked, disappointed, and filled with rage. And now I'm in a world where I don't have to draw anything that is free to use, and one day will be struck with copyright strikes. I bet that this problem effects everything else as well, like social media and the communities like the art community. So all I can say is, whoever says that they copyright their work and tell them to do not repost, use or anything else with it without permission and giving credit, suck my d*ck and go f*ck yourselves, because copyright law is a joke and I will fight any of you who will give me permission to take it down.


as a musician i think copyright law should Not Be That Intense<br>its stupid. if someone wants to use my music it shouldnt cost a fortune or get their art censored lol. if you like my work enough to cover or use it then hell yeah

as a musician i think copyright law should Not Be That Intense
its stupid. if someone wants to use my music it shouldnt cost a fortune or get their art censored lol. if you like my work enough to cover or use it then hell yeah


Yeah so emplemon turned himself into the joker, I shit you not. Funniest shit I've ever seen.


do your part and support artists by pirating everything and only giving money directly to artists without a corporate middle man


Copyright is automatic. You technically don't have to register it. The registration is only to have more easily presentable proof of ownership.


When re-watching this, I got the old spice add (the settler one). The add that started off with a phrase that has the word "curse" in it. And it was like this is the tale of a cruel curse or sum. SO IT WAS REALLY FUNNY AND FOR A MINUTE I THOUGHT THAT WAS PART OF THE VID XD


I'd just like to point out that the patent system is also currently broken, and has lead to, among other things, life-saving medication like Insulin being monopolized for decades on end.


I know its mostly for a comedic purpose, but the license provider for "entry of the gladiators" on YouTube IS the public domain...


I'm gonna say something blasphemous here (tbh I would love to agree wholeheartedly with the video, the death of public domain is scary). While I understand that the use of copyrighted content advances culture and art, doesn't creating totally new content at the same time promote, an advancement in culture and art? Well. Then again tiktok considers itself on the brink of trends...maybe im just missing something with the original statement.

The fair copyright you're talking about which helps society in any way is not a reality.<br>We could argue though about whether "fair" copyright has any use today knowing that if someone copy pasted someones work he would probably be cancelled into oblivion by the horde of angry fans of the original artist. The copy hurts most the original author when nobody knows it was a copy in the first place but now with internet it's easier to know who did what.

The fair copyright you're talking about which helps society in any way is not a reality.
We could argue though about whether "fair" copyright has any use today knowing that if someone copy pasted someones work he would probably be cancelled into oblivion by the horde of angry fans of the original artist. The copy hurts most the original author when nobody knows it was a copy in the first place but now with internet it's easier to know who did what.


16:34
"YouTubers don't use copywrited content because they hate media companies and want them to lose money."
Well they fucking should!


I have a similar complaint about book copyright. I thought of creating an app using the text of an old essay. I thought the copyright of text expires after 50 years of the publication. But oh no, it was freaking 70 years after the author's death. Why does it have to be so long? Who benefits from it? 70 years after the author's death means that even the author's grandson is a very old guy who is about to die himself. I can understand that the author's child could earn money from his father's novel, but why do his grandchild or grand grandchild? In my opinion, maybe 30 years after the author's death is enough for copyright.


8:00 Add the novel Bambi to that list. I've been told it's a very interesting story to read.


So I did what I do best. I took your little copyright system and turned it on itself.


How to summarize the video
Media corp: Hey! EmpLemon drank from a public fountain!
I claim the fact that he drank from a public fountain, even if i don't own any water company i drank from it one time, so i'm legally entitled to claim the entire fountain!


Whether you want to use “Why So Serious?” or “Call Me Joker” for a silly Joker meme opening, copyright will tell you “NO” and force you to use a stock rising violin


12:55  "Really don't mind if you sit this one out.  Your words but a whisper; your deafness, a shout."  Fits nicely.


YouTube copyright system: Guilty until proven innocent

Even that's being too generous, because it implies an honest chance to prove your innocence. When claimants are judge, jury, and executioner, you're already deemed guilty regardless of proof.


Why is it okay for visual artists to borrow so much of other great artwork but not for musical artists to borrow so much of other great music?


like any youtube that talks about drugs (not showing consumption, only education) will tell you, it's not only the copyright system... youtube as a whole is working against many creators and many don't even see it as "broken"... and i think this too, it's totally working according to plan.


Someone watched your stuff and asked you to personally run their ad in your voice. That's pretty amazing but funny enough Youtube seems to encourage personal deals rather than test what's "ad friendly"

@【 Chilael 】 you still need to get the add approved.

To be honest, I doubt they watched, they probaly say the subscribers number, regular views number, and thought: "Yeah, it's reasonable size channel" and tried to make a deal.


Welp, that Toilet Paper comparison hits a bit too close to home now....


copyright also ruins game preservation.<br>Many games don't get GOG treatment, so without pirates - they would be gone.

copyright also ruins game preservation.
Many games don't get GOG treatment, so without pirates - they would be gone.


at least winnie the pooh is finally free also does anyone know if its improved or worsened in this video?


Emp, This is good content and you present it in a unique and amazing way. I love your channel, and hope to continue watching your content

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So when are we gonna destroy corporations?


What if you put a set of distinct tones at the start of every video and claimed the video with the claim system. Or is that against TOS?


The word "revolution" never sounded so tantalizing.


as a musician, copyright is too much messed up


Me:*coughs like a character from a Disney movie in a big documentary  video about the history of internet who got a lot of views and a big ad revenue*                                           Disney: You moron! You made me rich!


Take note how this video only has 416,372 views. This implies that Youtube has demonetized the video and/or has censored it across the platform. This upsets me as this video has valuable insights and great suggestions in spite of being the "rant" video. Youtube, please come back and watch this video and take notes! What he's saying makes sense!


If the copyright law is a joke, then the youtubers aren’t laughing


"Youre watching an ad right now!"
Sponsorblock immediately skips to the content
And like that, batman wins.

"Youre watching an ad right now!"
*Sponsorblock immediately skips to the content*
And like that, batman wins.

please turn off sponsor block for this actually good creator


"Hah! Microsoft lackeys! So it has come to this! A night of blood I've long awaited. But be this my death or yours, free software will carry on! For a GNU dawn! For freedom!"

-- Richard Stallman

_"Hah! Microsoft lackeys! So it has come to this! A night of blood I've long awaited. But be this my death or yours, free software will carry on! For a GNU dawn! For freedom!"_

-- Richard Stallman


if you ever had the chance, Emp, would you become the CEO of YouTube?


Regarding characters falling into the public domain, trademark law is a huge problem nowadays. All the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs are in the public domain at this point, but the name "Tarzan" is still trademark protected.


This video makes me feel like when I was making YTP, those were my punk days, and now my videos don't have any secondary sources so I'm just a stuffy nine-to-five office worker.


Hella boomers are gonna leave this earth one day. That my friends, is when we will get to be the adults for a change

funny times are coming, can't for this dumpster fire to burn itself into the ground

You want a quote? “There is no scarier feeling than to wake up one morning and realize that your high school class is running the country.” Kurt Vonnegut.<br>You decry the boomer, but most “boomers” as we see them are actually Gen X’ers by this point. Pretty soon it will be Gen Y’s turn up on stage for the zoomers to decry them as the root of all evil, the barrier to real progress. History repeats itself, is what I’m trying to say. As the boomers once were to the Lost and Greatest generations, so are we now, and as the boomers are now, so shall we be.

You want a quote? “There is no scarier feeling than to wake up one morning and realize that your high school class is running the country.” Kurt Vonnegut.
You decry the boomer, but most “boomers” as we see them are actually Gen X’ers by this point. Pretty soon it will be Gen Y’s turn up on stage for the zoomers to decry them as the root of all evil, the barrier to real progress. History repeats itself, is what I’m trying to say. As the boomers once were to the Lost and Greatest generations, so are we now, and as the boomers are now, so shall we be.

@DrewPicklesTheDark Nah, but ideology shifts over time as cracks appear in the system. Nothing is forever and more and more people such as my life are going to become aware and do everything in our power to ruin this system.

coronavirus: <b>so this looks like a job for me</b>

coronavirus: *so this looks like a job for me*

@DrewPicklesTheDark But we could. After all, these oligarchs are small in number. And we are large in number.....

The oligarchs who manipulated gullible boomers are already in charge, and will merely pass the torch to their ideological successors, it's not going to magically fix itself when boomers die.

Implying that we won’t end up in a similar situation, with a few millennials/gen Z/whoever’s next being groomed to accept things as they are now and perpetuate the current situation because it benefits them... I really hope that I’m just being pessimistic without justification here.


Just so we are all clear the patent system has very similar problems to the copyright system in the US.  Look up patent trolls and evergreening.


A note about the end of the video, entry of the gladiators itself isn't copyrighted but the performance of it is. so you could just use a midi of it or something.


The fact the emp lemon got a sponsorship is funny

And he thought no-one would dare to sponsor him, HAH! Hey nice greater Dog profile pic.


13:35 That's not a really a good thing though. I mean it's not all bad at all but streaming services really have just wrecked small artists.


im happy to watch ads from you emp my friend


That Ridge ad was like some Black Pearl stuff.

"You better start believing in ads Miss Turner... YOU'RE WATCHING ONE!"


I muted this video and left it on repeat in the background too boost it's views and you should too.

I tried that once. The view(s) didn't seem to stack.

@honchoryanc watchtime would be insane though, helps with the algorithm

@Punocchio youtube will still only count as one view

I wouldn't be surprised at all if youtube actually detected that and didn't count your views.

Against the terms of service but respactable


Emp its honestly a new form of Censorship. The Modern day PMRC.


Man I don’t wish economic catastrophe on most companies but I wouldn’t bat an eye if Disney’s stock prices and profits took a massive plunge for a while


Nintendo jumped down from copyright and the only thing you can’t do is upload music with nothing else. But they are actually really chill on that as well.


My creativity is being stifled by not being allowed to freely use Luke Skywalker. Now I have to create my own characters and that just isn’t in the spirit of creativity.


>YouTubers don't use copyrighted content because they hate media companies and want them to lose money<br>They should.

>YouTubers don't use copyrighted content because they hate media companies and want them to lose money
They should.


If Copyright Law would be reformed, this platform would be worse off. <br>Just look what the EU Parlament thought to be a good addition to Copyright Law. Youtube would have straight up filter everything that you upload beforehand in order to comply with that law.

If Copyright Law would be reformed, this platform would be worse off.
Just look what the EU Parlament thought to be a good addition to Copyright Law. Youtube would have straight up filter everything that you upload beforehand in order to comply with that law.


All IP laws serve only to protect corporations, this belief that they protect small artists is completly false. They were DESIGNED to do this. All IP laws should be abolished. (as well as the state)


It was only a matter of time to hear the Seinfeld theme slowed down by 1200%, YouTube Copyright is definitely a joke.


copyright law feels like that scene in despicable me when GRU gets crushed by a door

@The Finnish Sniping Kirb bruh this is a comment about despicable me

@Christopher Shafer huzzah a man of quality


Hope YouTube sees this. Especially around the 18 minute mark


Copyright law should be used to protect small creators not huge companies


someone with solutions worth trying. nice


hello emp

good to see youre still on an uncontrollable downward spiral

@JOD dont you mean<br>f  o  r  k  k  n  i  f  e

@JOD dont you mean
f  o  r  k  k  n  i  f  e

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I think the worst reason to keep copyright law at such long lengths yet the hardest reason to fight against is "they created it, why shouldnt they have the right to say who can and cant use elements from it"? It's a really shitty excuse, but fights for individual freedoms at the same time. They claim that having copyright law last only 28 years is BS because they seriously think that you have every right to rest on your laurels, yet whenever it is brought up that doing so inhibits creativity, the excuse is "well then be more creative and dont base your works on other works", which is also difficult as shit to argue against. Regardless, copyright law needs to be set back to how it was before these greedy companies lobbied congress.


YouTube won't be the number one video platform five to years from now. It will be  a company hosted in some country in Africa.


Unfortunately, Copyright is in the U.S. Constitution, so we can't get rid of it altogether.


They're trying to Copyright the Bible! I get Copyright notifications for trying to download Bible audio.


Music: exists

Smart people: "I know, Ill STEAL it,  AND NOONE WILL EVER KNOW "

Music: *exists*

Smart people: "I know, Ill STEAL it,  *AND NOONE WILL EVER KNOW* "

I Like'nt This Individual Homosapien Before Me


Nice to know that you’re a Florida guy. It took a while but I figured you went, or are going to, the University of Florida from the football stadium you shot your live action clown piece. One of my brother’s friends is a Florida fan. Then again, that makes sense because of how you also got footage from Daytona in your Dale Earnhardt video.


Look, it's a good video and all, certainly a much needed information dump for a very complicated topic, but I feel like you are making an excuse for youtube. I mean, yes the law is outdated by more than a decade, but youtubes execution of that Copyright, is really like you said the worst. I mean, in what way, can youtube excuse itself, when this Copyright Problem existed already so long and youtube has since then progressed next to nothing. In fact I am pretty sure it regressed and yet, Nobody thinks that maybe some Form of human Interaction at some Point would be helpful. Seriously, how can you fuck up so often in the same way and still Not be Out of the race?!


How about those classic songs from centuries ago that are still copyrighted cause what is copyrighted is the execution of the song and not the song instead?


i always thought that emp in emplemon meant electro magnetic pulse


What about real life copyright?!
I guess Walt disney is smiling in his kryotube that his movies are his for another 100 years.
Well probably longer if the extend the time period again. Such a bs.


Copyrights for "Happy Birthday to you" expired in EU 3 years ago but for Murrica it's still 10 years of waiting.


To be fair, I'd rather be advertised something I might actually use other than the many other obnoxious ads I see.


As an editor who doesn’t record his own footage or have rights to footage he does I feel dis

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if all your subscribers gave you $1 on patreon, you would be a millionaire<br>source: i can't do math very well

if all your subscribers gave you $1 on patreon, you would be a millionaire
source: i can't do math very well


I’m curious as to why YouTube plays ads before your videos. You’d then with how firmly against then you are they’d want to avoid you.


The Happy Birthday thing was made fun of on an episode of Teen Titans Go, which is owned by Warner Bros. They know that there scumbags.


Faintly editing a movie clip is considered normal for a Youtube poop and the pooper will generally be credited as having transformed the work enough for it to be considered their own, if only by the standards of the pooper community.

In the visual arts, the standards are much stricter. Originality is held so high as a virtue and is therefore at such a premium that even if every single last line is your own handiwork, you can still be labeled a plagiarist because you used the same framing and a similar pose to someone else's work.
Granted, this type of thing represent some of the most difficult work that goes into a sketch or painting, but it's still uncanny how the same image of a  figure can be in a different art-style, have different lighting, different clothing, different anatomy, a different semantic and thematic message, different conceptual inspiration, so on and so on and so on -- but because one tiny facet of it is recognizably borrowed, usually the pose, it's completely disowned by the community as scumsucking plagiarist trash.
This is sometimes called "pose theft."

That's right. The gestures of the human body and camera angles are intellectual property that art nerds act as though they should be protected by copyright.

I don't really know what I mean or where I'm going with this, but I guess if I do have a point it's that the standards for what people will consider stealing are wildly inconsistent and can be taken to such an extreme that it stresses the credibility of a person owning an idea to it's breaking point.

Faintly editing a movie clip is considered normal for a Youtube poop and the pooper will generally be credited as having transformed the work enough for it to be considered their own, if only by the standards of the pooper community.

In the visual arts, the standards are much stricter. Originality is held so high as a virtue and is therefore at such a premium that even if every single last line is your own handiwork, you can still be labeled a plagiarist because you used the same framing and a similar pose to someone else's work.
Granted, this type of thing represent some of the most difficult work that goes into a sketch or painting, but it's still uncanny how the same image of a  figure can be in a different art-style, have different lighting, different clothing, different anatomy, a different semantic and thematic message, different conceptual inspiration, so on and so on and so on -- but because one tiny facet of it is recognizably borrowed, usually the pose, it's completely disowned by the community as scumsucking plagiarist trash.
This is sometimes called "pose theft."

That's right. The gestures of the human body and camera angles are *intellectual property that art nerds act as though they should be protected by copyright.*

I don't really know what I mean or where I'm going with this, but I guess if I do have a point it's that the standards for what people will consider stealing are wildly inconsistent and can be taken to such an extreme that it stresses the credibility of a person owning an idea to it's breaking point.


best example of artists imitating each other are the songs "under pressure" and "ice ice baby"


“It’s called Consolidation, Strengthens the Company & The Government, weakens the Individual.” -NSF Terrorist Leader from Deus Ex


If you do a rearrangement of a song its completely fine. I have some on my channel and they are 100% legally owned by me, even tho their is some music from Zelda for example. (feel free to use them as u wish, crediting me would be great)


I agree with every point EmpLemon made, but the first 3 minutes of the video was pure cringe, so I can't hit that like button.<br>I have standards, people.

I agree with every point EmpLemon made, but the first 3 minutes of the video was pure cringe, so I can't hit that like button.
I have standards, people.

Looks like he didn't <b>SMASH THAT LIKE BUTTON AND HIT THE BELL FOR NOTIFI-</b>

Looks like he didn't *SMASH THAT LIKE BUTTON AND HIT THE BELL FOR NOTIFI-*


they cant sue all of us. And if they do then boogaloo. What happened to all those anti monopoly laws


I wasn't sure what you meant by characters like Lule Skywalker entering public domain.

I mean, I want people to be free to include him and Star Wars stories in their games without problems

But wouldn't want people to be able to change/add stuff to the original story just because a license expired.

Using the characters, sure, should be 100% legal (but like in a videogame, and not stealing the characters just to retell the same story your way and sell it as a separate product. That's just unfair)

I wouldn't want people to be able to sell their versions of my stories as their own, separate product, or worse, as an official extension of my product. Or as any extension of my product for that matter.

They can make fangames or something, but trying to compete with my stories, using MY OWN CHARACTERS would be just insulting to the artists

In that way the copyright law is protecting the artists.

But as an independent creator and a Star Wars fan I would love to be able to share my own games featuring Star Wars characters without the fear of being sued or them being deleted from appStore.

They are in no way a copy or trying to compete with the original.
It's all fair, yet the law knows no distinction.
You can't use them, fuck you

So in that sense I do agree that Luke Skywalker and other pop culture characters should be able to be used by the fans, but with some limits.

Also, perhaps people shouldn't be able to make entire businesses built on selling T-Shirts with Star Wars characters for example. That's just unfair I think. It's stealing someone's designs and mass producing them.

Idk, I feel like it's a hard problem to solve.

I feel like projects with genuine passion and an intent to innovate, should be allowed to take whatever they want to use whatever they may need.

But who's gonna control that? And who's it going to be profitable for?


Woah, a real example of corporate greed and not just virtue signaling bullshit


Even if public Domain isn't broken, there would still be a massive Problem.<br>Like with entry of the Gladiators the original is public Domain, but if someone rewrites it, or performs it, it would be copyrighted again. So companies could just rerelease an edited song after some time and still make tons of Money.

Even if public Domain isn't broken, there would still be a massive Problem.
Like with entry of the Gladiators the original is public Domain, but if someone rewrites it, or performs it, it would be copyrighted again. So companies could just rerelease an edited song after some time and still make tons of Money.


oh emp   not the hero we deserve but the hero we need...


Enough is *_ENOUGH!!_*
I HAVE *_HAAAAAAAD IT!_*


Thx to the Son(n)y (Pro-)Bonno act, the length of copyright reminds me of Weekend at Bernie's but instead of propping up dead Bernie, it's whoever the artist is 🤔


I hate to play devil's advocate but the reason Youtube doesn't have manual reviewers for copyright disputes isn't because they can't or don't want to hire people. It's because the only other option is for every single dispute to go to court.
If Youtube said "no this is not copyrighted material" they could and (let's be real here, we're talking about record companies) would be taken to court. Not youtubers, Youtube itself would be sued since it actively took part in the copyright dispute. And that would apply to every single copyright dispute.

Don't get me wrong, Youtube fucks things up constantly but, just this once, it's not actually their fault.

While that's correct, as long as Youtube sticks to the law considering fair use, what can possibly go wrong?

Then YouTube should require anyone want to claim a video to file actual DMCA in court

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Emp lemon has explained that before in the viacom sues youtube video. Youtube makes their system as confusing as possible so that if they ARE sued for copyright, then they can claim ignorance that they didnt know copyrighted material was uploaded to the site (or something like that). Semantics are a bitch lol

They just need a employee who can help them and knows how to do it right.


We need the Soviet union<br>Without starvation and a crumbling economy

We need the Soviet union
Without starvation and a crumbling economy


It's almost like the logical progression of capitalism is bad for the artist or something. But idk I'm just a YouTube commenter.


imagine getting copyright claimed by yourself by using downward spiral


It's almost like private property isn't a real thing...<br>And that the accumulation of capital is destroying art and societies...

It's almost like private property isn't a real thing...
And that the accumulation of capital is destroying art and societies...


What the heck are we supposed to do then? It feels like something should be happening. I'm wringing my hands because I don't know what to do with them.


Say what you want Emp, Mumkey will still always be funnier than you


8:25 it’s Henry behind the wall from Thomas the tank engine, the photo is from “The sad story of Henry” which I think is season 1


I guess Papa John was warning us of Youtube New Copyright system.


>copyright law
>reasonable

Some people should really look up how ridiculous it is...


14:48 Foreshadowing to the copyright claim of the wabbit season parody being claimed by Warner bros


copyright is instant money for these companies


mental note: dont eat any food during a emplemon video


I love the fact that you have incorporated Jethro Tull in to your video. ;)


Emplemon is the last and best voice speaking reason in a world of swirling confusion on YouTube.

Jim Sterling is pretty cool. The 2 of them seem to agree on a lot of issues despite different political leanings. If only the 2 of them could work together. They'd be, invincible.


I find it funny how this is one of your only videos that didn't perform very well. Coincidence?


I've been watching your content for a while and I finally say this with complete confidence.  I have no fucking idea what in the fuck I'm watching XD

EDIT:  Funny you should use the Tank Man image, considering Tank Man wasn't hurt by the tanks whereas I can't say the same about "Random dude on Youtube"


The reason YouTube doesn’t do the appeals is because then they are getting involved, and then they lose safe harbor.  They are just respecting who ever said it is theirs last.


The funniest joke in the video was implying that a law that doesn't work for the general public will be changed eventually just because time has passed and the people in the position to do something about are the right age to have been hindered by the law in the past. As if corporate interests wouldn't have stayed the same, or as if the new elected officials would be guaranteed to put their own values over corporate interests, or as if people with the stronger moral convictions are likelier to be elected just because of demographic changes.

Hilarious.


Won't YouTubers learn that everyone skips the ad part of the video.


Facts after facts after facts sampling any form of media should be legally allowed I get copyright claims on a bunch of music bc it remixes other material/ samples it


Never thought I’d see you in joker makeup.

Hey! You did the despicable me YTP like 4 years ago. Good one bro.


This is what you get when you live in a society that has reached the bottom of the spiral.


Happy Birthday was published in 1893, and things become public domain after 50+ years.


God i love your videos, and they aren't the same without some good ol copyrighted music, please move to linus tech tips YouTube thingy


what we need is media to be made en masse, free for individuals to use, but hard blocked from companies


Friendly reminder of

We live in a society

Friendly reminder of

*We live in a society*


this video is perfect timing, im currently trying to make a low budget movie and im going through the process to find music for my movie and it is ridiculously absurd, take for instance, the public domain was frozen for 20 years preventing any media past 1922 from being released, in 2019 it was unfrozen but with some wierd rule that everything was public domain EXCEPT audio recordings... its awful how we let this happen


I feel like the only way the copyright can get better is if one executive came in and said, "can we have a word?" Or even crazier, if one copyright juggernaut had a lawsuit war with another copyright juggernaut, that results in no winners from either side and instead, the congress decides that enough is enough and removes all the crap.

But I guess I'm too much of an optimistic idealist to even think it'll happen.


As a 17 year old I didn’t even know the public domain was a thing


In advance, your vidos are great content and would have 5m subs if you would hack the algorythm like all the big ones. but u have honor i guess


I find it funny how rusty cage is complaining about his music being stolen, when he literally stole Mumkey Jones song and took credit for it


Pretty sure the Happy Birthday song has been public domain since 2018.


Copyright does need a massive rework.

Also in the news. Keemstarrrr-brushed his teeth yesterday.


Fun fact about Cypress Hill, they (or rather one member)  are responsible for one of the most infamous verse bites in rap history. Like... In their biggest song one dude literally just stole another guy's whole ass verse. The original voice even said something along the lines of "I am [original rapper's name]" and the CH guy just left it in. I find it extremely ironic how they are so active with protecting their copyright (they've even taken a guy to court over an ad lib) in light of that.


disney doesn't even own their stories.. that's rly messed up


Weird. The intro of Cypress Hill's "Make a Move" put a quiet background white noise over the Pulp Fiction audio. I assumed they did that to avoid copyright


Copyright law is worthless, IP law needs to be repealed.


Wow, an Emplemon upload in less than 3 months. It's a Christmas Miracle!

hi why. We Like Fortnite! We LIKE FORTNITEEEEEEEEEE


people who used old media are the people who attempt to run new media, smh my head


"Turbo-boomers" is my new favourite word.


I'll say it again; my worst fear is built around this policy. Although admittedly more on the "when will we run out of names?" paradox.

Dilbert made fun of that in June 2nd, 2010.<br>The last few names left will be reminiscent of a certain part of the body, names of accused war criminals, and funnier nicknames for partnerless loving

Dilbert made fun of that in June 2nd, 2010.
The last few names left will be reminiscent of a certain part of the body, names of accused war criminals, and funnier nicknames for partnerless loving


I like your video but if what you say at 18:01 happened ppl would just upload clips with massive amounts of dead time at the end of them to skew the percentage in their favor


Wait a sec, a song BEFORE THE FIRST WORLD WAR is STILL COPYRIGHTED?


Emperor Lemon going to the Gator stadiam while dressing up as the joker is one thing I didn't think I would see today..


When the memes I make get reposted in other discord servers, I dont barge in and say "HEY! that's MY mEME!"<br>I feel happy that my memes are good enough to be repost worthy. Repost it all. Repost it everywhere.

When the memes I make get reposted in other discord servers, I dont barge in and say "HEY! that's MY mEME!"
I feel happy that my memes are good enough to be repost worthy. Repost it all. Repost it everywhere.


8:15 It's on the level that I see piracy as something that's actually helpful to the creator. There are creators that say "It can be helpful" but those creators are generally the ones who either believe in old copyright law of expiring after 20 years, flat out don't care about their content anymore (which they will have likely thrown it into public domain), or just ran out of fucks to give.

You're absolutely right. Piracy is less harmful than the restrictions imposed by copyright. One pretty good (I won't say "great" because these two only partially go hand in hand) example that I'm a part of is the homebrew community of consoles. Sure a good chunk of homebrewers uses the system for piracy and free games, but there's a group of the population that uses the capability to provide the public with something they want but can't get, for instance, perfect rips of music from a videogame. Being able to dump a game cartridge for your switch and get the music and other assets out is gonna make a lot more people happy than the restrictions are. People often appreciate the music and its writing, and I know some people that buy the entire game because of the music or other assets. The copyright holders ought to be paying us at that point, but nope, we're just a bunch of dirty freeloaders who hurt them.

8:15 It's on the level that I see piracy as something that's actually *helpful* to the creator. There are creators that say "It can be helpful" but those creators are generally the ones who either believe in old copyright law of expiring after 20 years, flat out don't care about their content anymore (which they will have likely thrown it into public domain), or just ran out of fucks to give.

You're absolutely right. Piracy is less harmful than the restrictions imposed by copyright. One pretty good (I won't say "great" because these two only partially go hand in hand) example that I'm a part of is the homebrew community of consoles. Sure a good chunk of homebrewers uses the system for piracy and free games, but there's a group of the population that uses the capability to provide the public with something they want but can't get, for instance, perfect rips of music from a videogame. Being able to dump a game cartridge for your switch and get the music and other assets out is gonna make a lot more people happy than the restrictions are. People often appreciate the music and its writing, and I know some people that buy the entire game *because* of the music or other assets. The copyright holders ought to be paying us at that point, but nope, we're just a bunch of dirty freeloaders who hurt them.


EmpLemon's fell off the deep end, damn! XD


it took me half of the video to figure out the song playing was apart of "Thick as a Brick" good choice as always


"I-Its not a bout sending a message its about the money"<br>    - EmpJoker 20somethingiforgot

"I-Its not a bout sending a message its about the money"
    - EmpJoker 20somethingiforgot


This video is so big brained i need to watch it again, not now, later, i need to process what just happened first.


The happy birthday song was published 20 years after the Franco Prussian War, and 30 years after the American civil war, about 20 years before the first world war.


Remember when Disney tried to copyright a traditional Mexican holiday? Good times..


imagine have 1000 patrons and crying about copyright claim, because you can not take all the money
we just waiting for exclusive merch and FOMO toys
your videos are great btw xD


One insanely popular character from that era that has managed to finally escape the time freeze is Sherlock Holmes. That is how Warner Bros could have the 2009 Sherlock Holmes movie with Robert Downey Jr. and BBC could have the 2010 Sherlock TV show with Benedict Cumberbatch and CBS could have still another TV show Elementary in 2012. Despite all this, there are still a few last stories Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote before dying in 1930 that were published in Strand AFTER 1923, and the Conan Doyle Estate still AGGRESSIVELY protects ANYTHING that comes even close to portraying Holmes doing anything he does in those last stories.


Did you know that a copy right holder said they'd be willing to sew children on ROBLOX over copy right


20:08

Unfortunately, marge dooting the song will get you claimed as well, allbeit falsely, still...

Thats not how this works.  That isn’t how any of this works!

20:08

Unfortunately, marge dooting the song will get you claimed as well, allbeit falsely, still...

*Thats not how this works.  That isn’t how any of this works!*

Turok, not the dinosaur hunter, the adult film star Great I need to MDI Everything now


Coming to this after the Pollyanna Earthbound animation got taken down makes this all the more painful.


Solution: torrent all of the media that any of these media companies produce.


I'm surprised that the fuckers at WMG, UMG, EMI, etc., haven't bothered with lobbying the US Congress with amending the extent of copyright to "in perpetuity". Bcoz it might as well be with the current copyright system.


You know what heavy metal does not have to do what rap does.


How would singing a song be in violation of copyright, as it pertains to the birthday song analogy?  You can sing whatever song you want on your birthday and not be in violation of copyright, unless you record, publish, and monetize it.  Warped perspective much?


most informative and entertaining outube pp/  better get used to opressio, dont worry youve been biead in it allready for the betterment of society.


Patrick Meme: Why don't media companies find these people posting clips and compilations and PAY THEM to compile them for their media?

That prevents piracy while giving the people what they want and it promotes the show/movie!


11:17 happy birthday the most recognised song in the english language
The alphabet: Am i a joke to you?


the joker memes are getting a little heavy handed but eh, the video is still great

shame it's "illegal" and wont earn any revenue


Complaining is what I watch you for, ever since Behind The Meme (who claims he's coming back soon?) so please never stop

James Higgins Most of us here have our reasons. Mine is the complaining and memes. <br>They go hand in hand

James Higgins Most of us here have our reasons. Mine is the complaining and memes.
They go hand in hand

@James Higgins Nah, don't shut up. Fans like you are a blessing.

Actually I watch everything you upload, let me shut up


$10 for a CD? Hahahahaha! Someone's never been in F.Y.E.


very nice elaboration good sir! did not know that public domain died. people are still talking about it, as if it was a thing...


Your video are for sure not boring. You do great


"Science generally costs the capitalist nothing, but it by no means prevents him from exploiting it."<br>- Karl Marx, Das Kapital

"Science generally costs the capitalist nothing, but it by no means prevents him from exploiting it."
- Karl Marx, Das Kapital


I guess EmpLemon’s sense of humor is going in a...
Downward Spiral

I guess EmpLemon’s sense of humor is going in a...
*Downward Spiral*


I think this channel is about to get big and triple subscribers before the year ends.

And I love your channel, and you make so many good points. <br>But every company like YouTube has at least 50 people who also make good points.

And I love your channel, and you make so many good points.
But every company like YouTube has at least 50 people who also make good points.


Will you do an updated video on this in a couple years? Mark ur calendar lmao


At least some people create music without copyright, like Kevin Macleod


Anyone have a list of the tracks that were on the Downward Spiral playlist so I can go pirate them myself?


Removed for harassment against corporations who won't even see this.

Oh we'll give them harassment! They want a battle, we'll give them a war!


I like how the beginning sounds so creepy but its seinfeld theme slowed down by 1200%


I liked copyright better when it was 28 years.


The use of Jethro Tull is distracting, I love it and it turns out the fact I recognize it makes it's really hard to focus on the video.


just wait for them to start claiming people for there voice because thats too close to the copyrighted 10 000 year old caveman chants


Entry of the Gladiators

remember... this was supposed to be the Italian national anthem... Look at the damn joke it is now.

@JOD oh I see, it's some stream stuff...

How self-aware.

hi ash. we like fortniteeee! we like fortniteeeee!


IMO it should be 50 years. No more, no less.


i wish the sugestions in this video were real, on youtube


Copyright should be an opt in process. If you file a copyright yourself you are subject to everyone elses copyright, but if you have no copyrights you are free to use all copyright material.


there is literally no justification for copyright sorry.


I FUCKING LOVE THE USE OF THICK AS A BRICK


Theres a reason the big corporations increased copyright time and not small people.


1/3 of Congress owns a foreign passport, and they're all to the same country.


18:15 but then all YouTube will be filled with 10 hours clips of black void with 20 minutes of entire Simpson episode somewhere in it.
I'm not saying it's a bad idea, because it helps decent creators but it won't fix the main reason why this copyrighted laws are in the site in the first place.

As he said, copyright law will take a while to be fixed.


Hi emplemon, i enjoy your videos a lot, been with you since 2016! Love you man, keep doing you.


Crediting things would be the ideal. Credit everything.


Lots of solid after effects, Sorel would be proud


Musicians: Can I have money plz?
Copywrite: Yea ok sure thats cool
Musicians: Yay th-
Cooperations: *MY MONEY*
Musicians: But I ma-
Cooperations. *DID I FUCKING STUTTER THIS IS MY MONEY*

Musicians: Can I have money plz?
Copywrite: Yea ok sure thats cool
Musicians: Yay th-
Cooperations: **MY MONEY**
Musicians: But I ma-
Cooperations. **DID I FUCKING STUTTER THIS IS MY MONEY**


I couldn't stop laughing for like 15 minutes after the fucking Joker Rick part.


And the wise men all know how it feels, to be thick as a brick.


When will EmpLemon become the new CEO of youtube?


That pic of Spotify is either old or Spotify fucked up. They claim that the 2015 Prodigy album "The Day is My Enemy" is new.


I still go to the record store to pay for songs…


this is one of the many reasons why living after 2015 is a big nono


Did Anthony Fantano hold you captive? Those ridge wallets are taking everything over.


11:10 is this why I haven't heard that fucking awful song in recent years? I think I aught to do a rare thank you to big corporations for taking faux happy birthday songs out of the public ... everything.


You know as a persion that study’s human behavior and economics I can say this. Pepole have said to me “hey we need this and that regulateion” and I have pointed out that there are many goverment regulations out there that hurt smaller bisnuses and indepandant createors and help bigger ones. and the ironic part is that big bisnus likes these regulateions. I don’t hate regulateions cuz I like big bisnus it’s becuse I care about small bisnuses and independent createors. Persionaly I think the market should compeat fairly and freely

I don’t know your video reminds me of that


Copyright laws are bourgeois protectionism.


I feel like someone or some company would copyright the English language so we would all have to use something like Mandarin or Russian.


Even more reason to hate big corporations


Just need to start a revolution and throw all the unfair copie right clams into the Boston harbor


damn thing is, I legit want a Ridge wallet now

I want my complementary downward spiral when I buy one

And that's why Ridge pays emplemon the big bucks.


If YouTube allowed us to license music from the music owners I would want Fear Factory to play in my videos I wouldn't mind paying fifty bucks a year for the privilege of playing any song I want in the background of my videos


Honestly, saying "if everyone's super, no one will be" is a negative statement despite the truth in it.

in some way it's like saying if everyone was kind, then no one would be...which isn't true

I'm talking about a quote from the incredibles idk if this is going to make sense to anyone


Ironically I’m pretty sure both of those supreme hats are bootleg


was expecting crab rave to copyright the video but I'm surprised


If YouTube classified itself as "radio" it could legally pay the flat fee yearly.

Good idea in theory - but even it they wanted to and tried it, no way the FTC would ever agree to that xD


"Who's really laughing now? Not us ,Emp, not us."


.... I was following you. Up until the rhino shit. Now its all I can think of. The horror.

*replays it 10 more times.


Yay someone who agrees with my view on copyright


"Geriatric turbo-boomer" someones been watching twitch.tv/moistcr1tikal

hi fighter. we like fortniteeee! we like fortniteeeee!!!!!!!


You MONSTER. How DARE you mention a music that is copyrighted. The cops are approaching rapidly AS. WE. SPEAK.


If Disney extended for the 5thtime I'd would just say:
Nope.
HAMMER
Court is ajurned.

If Disney extended for the 5thtime I'd would just say:
Nope.
*HAMMER*
Court is ajurned.

@Nemmy I mean Disney getting it extended, not a judge blocking it. Not so nice unfortunately.

They did it like a few months ago or something like that.


15:25 that government priority list has aged well, Trump isn't even in office and he is still their biggest concern.


<b>I am enjoying this train ride down YouTube’s downward spiral, keep up the good vids emp.</b>

*I am enjoying this train ride down YouTube’s downward spiral, keep up the good vids emp.*

@JOD What is your deal dude? Are you gonna reply with that on every comment here?

hi Lucky. We Like Fortnite! We Like Fortnite!!!!


huh, so emp and crusty rusty are from gainesville

neat


2:41

Emp: IT'S A DOWNWARD SPIRAL!

Mumkey: DOWNWARD SPIRAL! DOWNWARD SPIRAL! DOWNWARD SPIRAL! DOWNWARD SPIRAL! DOWNWARD SPIRAL!


Emplemon: how about another joke, YouTube ?


I'm a simple man.
Every time I see the Joker,
I simply click faster than the speed of light.


The “Happy Birthday” Melody was made in 1893? That’s 6 years before Red Dead Redemption 2 Story ffs

If Arthur Morgan's birthday was celebrated I wonder if they would sing that


Its not only on YouTube, its just the whole copyright law is one big joke.


first in my band we play the hey song, i hear it being mic spammed in games, and now its in your background music


YouTube doesn't exist to give the content creators money. it exists to give the advertisers eyeballs


I have noticed pewds using the downward spiral in a recent video and I thought of you, Emp.  really cool stuff


I used to think I was living in a video essay.<br>Turns out, I'm living in a YouTube Poop.

I used to think I was living in a video essay.
Turns out, I'm living in a YouTube Poop.


If anything ruins any form of media; its Corporatization of said media


2:40
DOWNWARD SPIRAL  |
DOWNWARD SPIRAL  |
DOWNWARD SPIRAL  |
DOWNWARD SPIRAL \/


According to copyright law, if the original sheet music for a song is over 100 years old, that song is in the public domain and anyone trying to copyright a performance of it does so illegally. Good luck trying to get a court to hear that case though.

Nope, you can still copyright a recording of a public domain song, because hiring orchestras takes money, and your version might be a little different from the original.


<b>This is why we should boycott this BS!</b>

*This is why we should boycott this BS!*


Have you seen TheOriginalAce's video on using youtube copyright system against itself? its good


Who's here after governors might not give Disney another extension to their mickey mouse copyright.


Plebs really out here complaint about EmpLemon's content? Send them to the gulag

SeeCharp Well... Rome was a dictatorship at times.

You seem to be a t'au player aren't you?

hi Danny. We Like Fortnite! We Like Fortnite!!!!!


This is the most correct video on this website.


Happy Birthday To You IS public domain though. You even showed an article stating that.


At 9:41, I immediately recognized that picture of the Scout from TF2 as an old Star_ video thumbnail. Specifically, "TF2: What is This Game?"


Well, comedy <b>is</b> tragedy plus time..


Even Mark Twain has a quote about how copyright law is a joke.


When emplemon Open his mouth and smiled  As a dentist he  Has a good  Oral hygiene   Also I think Is teeth is  less yellows but   Is not white enough   The only   two  Thinks     Concern me
1.  the   Color  of the gingiva or gum is more pink  is Supposed to be red  I think there is A few areas in the oral cavity The blood can not reach it  by  the Capillaries
2.🦷 Hhhhhhhhhhaaaaahhhaaa his   upper lateral incisors not   In place it like rested lingualy l Iooked to  left lateral  incisors  I notify  Something that the   labial aspect  It's not  Compatible with another teeth that make the  Rest of the teeth  visible  and  Higher then lateral incisors


It is so weird randomly seeing your college in a video XD  Go Gata!


5:44 I freakin’ love the picture of the Publix coke.


Intelectual property doesn't exist.
Copyright laws were never about protecting small creators.
Intelectual property doesn't fit the definition of property as it's not scarce.
Intellectual property is the same as monopoly but it's more convenient so no one dares to talk shit about


Ngl, I normally hate ad reads, but I genuinely enjoyed that


EmpLemon: In what other system you get punished despite you following all the rules?

Me: In the Soviet Union under Stalin.

In Soviet Union, you no follow rule...rule follows YOU!

😂😂😂😂

*In Soviet Union, you no follow rule...rule follows YOU!*

😂😂😂😂

hi priv. we like fortniteeee! we like fortniteeee!


You should do a Youtube Geographic on Smike


I get its a problem, but what in the hell can we as individuals do about it?

@Neurolucky
hey you wanna play raid shadow legends?
But no seriously someone has to step up to YouTube and be as Brave as the shooter
I couldn't be more serious about anything in my life

@The Conductor Esplin when I got this message on my phone I swear to God I thought you were about to bring up Raid shadow legends.


There's a new method of copyright smuggling, but it requires some funds. Check ymfah


I guess you could say he... Empathized with Arthur Fleck.


Proud to see the Emp is a Gator *dabs in swamp people"


I'm fed up with these Copyright Cocktail Weenies.


I find it it interesting that, as much as I hate and aggressively block advertising, you've actually managed to suggest to me something I might want.

Good job you, aggressively blocking advertising. That's very noble of you. ...no sarcasm that is actually good of you and never let anyone tell you otherwise.


This is "Copyright: Forever Less One Day's" more specific younger brother.


So um any upcoming youtube geographics or never evers? I kinda thought you'd be doing more of those


I don't know, it would be weird for Micky Mouse to be in public domain. Shouldn't there be an exception of content consistently in use?


I don't have notifications turned on, I'm just incredibly lucky.

hello mike. We Like Fortnite! We Like Fortnite!


Not just on YouTube, but also on MuseScore and in general.


Just a statement emp

Happy birthday went into public domain in 2016 it good to use


But kevin mac leod is ok and his music is publicly available. Then again, because he is kinda the only artist of that kind, everyone has heard all of his songs at least a thousand time already, making it seem unoriginal to use his music.


This video needs more attention, stupid copyright laws are a huge problem. How has no big or powerful person ever even noticed this?


"Emp Residence, bottom of the downward spiral."<br>So you're homeless?

"Emp Residence, bottom of the downward spiral."
So you're homeless?


You need to make pt. 4, about communist movies/music, cuz they public domain and corporations in post-communist countries don't wanna have nothing to do with this era (in Cold War) and also I think you ignore the fact, that non-English Speaking countries exist (for example: LatinAutors copystriked Vinesauce Vinny for playing Final Fantasy music, only because they made covers of FF music).


I really want the full version of that Crab Rave Remix.

If you read the description, you'd see the pastebin link with all the songs in it. Here's the one you're looking for. https://youtu.be/b-q1yeosVA0


15:45 I will try to become a fucking politician then. Though I live in backyard Finland where the corporations do not exist, Finland is still part of EU and EU has more people live in it than in USA, so more people can potentially be helped here. It is greatly unlikely that I will become a politician, But I'll try to get something done regardless.

Honestly having more people with that attitude will lend more politicians support for stuff like that.


$100 a yr to use whatever i want? <br>"shut up and take my money"

$100 a yr to use whatever i want?
"shut up and take my money"


This video is a fucking bomb! I LOVE IT! WHY ISN'T ANYONE AND THEIR MOTHERS WATCHING THIS?!


I don't see the issue with that. You aren't copyrighting the history itself, but the specific media of which explains said history in some way.

It like copyrighting say, an essay or historical film. Same shit.


Please continue being cringe.

Please continue being an outsider Emp.


I thought the knife game was called 5 finger filet?


2:48 I literally can't take Joker Rick seriously, LMFAO I'M DYING.


It is actually evil that some turd chomping chlamydia snorters are controlling and profiting off of music and content someone made generations ago and have passed away... GENERATIONS AGO. If I passed, I wouldn't want some big corporation to own my shit, I want my things to be in public domain, so others can use my works for their own enjoyment, and breed new creative ideas, and art forms


dislike count before youtube hid it all: 442


I saw a 5 hour compilation of all the Mario songs get copyright strikes for playboi carti and something else.


I also recommend the video "Understanding Fair Use and Online Media - RTX 2016
", Adam from YourMovieSucks gives a talk for an hour about fair use and copyright in general and also on YouTube.


I used the "curb your meme" song and it got copyright claimed even though I don't make money off of it, youtube is a joke.


What's the video used at 14:00? I'm pretty sure the audio from it was also used in "YOUTUBE MACHINE BROKE"


Lol and whaddya know, this very video has been monetized, probably due to a copyright claim...


0:51 that Matt lowne drop!

Emp lemon plays kerbal?


Please bring back YTGEO and minute memes


1. Culture always builds on the past.
2. The past always tries to control the future.
3. Our future is becoming less free.
4. To build free societies you must limit the control of the past.
— Brett Gaylor


15:53 If thats true, and every 21 years or so a new year gets into the public domain, that means that in the year 3467 shrek will be released in the public domain.

15:53 If thats true, and every 21 years or so a new year gets into the public domain, that means that in the year *3467* shrek will be released in the public domain.


Has bell icon turned on. (Which I don't exactly do for all of my subscriptions btw, so as not to get too flooded by notifications)

Did not get notified of this upload via notification or email in any way, was not in recommend, only noticed in the subscriptions feed.

Screw off YouTube, I haven't even watched this yet and I already know that you know you're about to get majorly roasted yet again.

*Has bell icon turned on.* _(Which I don't exactly do for all of my subscriptions btw, so as not to get too flooded by notifications)_

*Did not get notified of this upload via notification or email in any way, was not in recommend, only noticed in the subscriptions feed.*

Screw off YouTube, I haven't even watched this yet and I already know that you know you're about to get majorly roasted yet again.


hi vall. We Like Fortnite! We Like Fortnite!


Disney copyright claimed my final project for film.


Soon we're gonna get copyright claimed for playing Hurrian Hymn No. 6


tbh we live in the 1984 of copyright law


Why'd you have to upload this right as my lunch break ends?

hi craig. We Like Fortnite! We Like Fortniteee!


My dude needs to buy x-mas presents I see you


And I garuntee these companies wonder why nobody likes them.


I think it’s funny that Paul McCartney him fucking self said that he couldn’t give less of a shit if someone used his music in a video. Hell he even said he doesn’t care if you pirate his music


I’m not very educated on the subject, but doesn’t fair-use protect against copy-write and isn’t fair-use by definition using copyrighted content with the extent of verbal commentary and research purposes and doesn’t all of your videos fall under that definition. How do you still get copyrighted if you are using copyrighted content under fair-use?


Yo, I'm over here taking a shit in the stall and there's this guy in the clown makeup dancing.


I am now a enemy to the state because of Happy birthday


I'm gonna go outside and sing happy birthday with the boys 😈😈😈😈


Talk about The Original Ace's strategy of per-emptive self-striking.


Holy... HE HAS ADS ON THE VIDEO?! IS IT HIS ADS OR THE CLAIMANTS ADS? <b>FIND OUT NEXT WEEK ON YOUTUBE IS A COPYRIGHT JOKE!</b>

Holy... HE HAS ADS ON THE VIDEO?! IS IT HIS ADS OR THE CLAIMANTS ADS? *FIND OUT NEXT WEEK ON YOUTUBE IS A COPYRIGHT JOKE!*


Is it time for You tubers to now create content for you tubers to use for free or little money like music and clips?


Idk why anyone would buy a ridge wallet? A hundred dollars for two pieces of plastic and an elastic band assembled by children in China. %98 of the cost is going to have your regular influencer sell it to you.

Btw you aren’t saving any space. Try putting that hard piece of shit in your back pocket and sitting down. You are only adding to the things that have to be in your front pocket.


The United States Marine Band's rendition of Entrance of the Gladiators is in the public domain btw.


I've never wanted a ridge wallet more in my life


19:45
I thought my PC froze here. Yikes that scared me.


> Thick as a Brick starts playing
> Only 8min 30sec left in the video
We're gonna have a problem


Copyright law is fucking irrelevant the original limit was stuff would go into the public domain after 50 years,  the idea was that someone could make something, live long enough to profit off of that said thing, book, song, artwork, whatever, and when they die, it will go into public domain so someone ELSE can make their own version of that thing and profit off of it, then it goes into public domain again.   etc etc.    problem is  companies like Warner Brothers and Disney lobbied congress to extend the free domain law to 100 years so they could continue to profit off said media.      I am all for re-writing the copyright laws so that its fair to everyone.     it hurts content creators, independant artists, journalists, and everyone down the line.      yes, it was indeed extended so companies could profit off of it...it's pure greed!


i got two ads on this video, i’ll take that as a win i guess 😭


Another issue with governing copyright law is just how easy content is to make today just about anyone can learn to produce content


but i do hate companies and want them to lose money


It almost seems like it's a racket between lawyers and the rights holders...

We used to bust up rackets in America. Maybe it's time we go back to tradition....


I like to think this whole video was to rip on that single viiewer comment at 12:45 LMAO


Is shitting on youtube the new way to get ad revenue?


Imagine not being allowed to celebrate becoming older. - This post was made by Anti-Copyright Gang.


Music copyright is so powerful that Sony killed Michael Jackson to get his half of Sony Music and those copyrighted music...


Tbf Lil Nas's song Carry On did almost nothing to differentiate itself from the original song. Otherwise I pretty much agree with you on music sampling (in my opinion, being complete bullshit). The song "Tricky" (I think that's the title) by Run DMC was sued in 2006 by The Knacks for literally sampling .2 seconds of "My Sharona". The water gets muddy when you basically speed up an Imogen Heap song and call it Drum&Bass but there are plenty of songs that are nitpicked to shit because they're using the same melodic contour or same note sequence


More than 280 corporate clowns hate this video


Removing Content Cop was the last straw.


that rusty cage theme song remix was fucking sick


can we all agree tah emp is a TICCCCCCCCC BOI


does disliking this video count as a protest for youtube


Dude... You mean to tell me you have been at UF all this time... And I am now finding this out AFTER I just graduated???


The whole three minute intro is a YouTube fever dream


those killer clowns from back then must have been a message


A form of capitalism that was sold to us as ostensibly libertarian has morphed into a grotesque rentier capitalism, where actual productivity struggles to make money, and where the real money and power accumulates to those who don't produce but simply sell access to something that they own - copyright holders in media, patent holders in the pharmaceutical industry, land/property owners in the housing industry.

You presumably don't have time to read your comments, but if you do, please examine the following works: Postcapitalism by Paul Mason for how copyrights and patents are holding back the economy and maintaining monopolies, Neoliberalism by David Harvey as a guide to how an economic ideology that was implemented (in part or as a whole) was bastardized to redistribute wealth and power to the wealthy and powerful, and The Corruption of Capitalism by Guy Standing for the exposure of the lie of 'free markets'.

I may add that all three of these writers have plenty of talks uploaded to YT, and in the cases of Mason and Standing, talks specifically about the books that I mentioned.


You wanna know how I got this shadow banned youtube channel?


"For my whole life, I didn't know if I even really existed. But I do, and people are starting to notice."

~ Arthur Fleck (The Joker)

_"For my whole life, I didn't know if I even really existed. But I do, and people are starting to notice."_

*~ Arthur Fleck (The Joker)*

@Hatster Well yes, but is annoying for both Emp and the other content creators on the site, and the suscribers of them.<br>And also, the comment doesn't help the situation Emp is presenting in the video, it could even be considering as spam and a bad way to promote his channel.

@Hatster Well yes, but is annoying for both Emp and the other content creators on the site, and the suscribers of them.
And also, the comment doesn't help the situation Emp is presenting in the video, it could even be considering as spam and a bad way to promote his channel.

hi Friend. We Like Fortnite! We Like Fortniteee!


I see that Wish You Were Here album cover<br>Edit: And I hear that Jethro Tull Thick as a Brick lol

I see that Wish You Were Here album cover
Edit: And I hear that Jethro Tull Thick as a Brick lol


Disney: I used the public domain to destroy the public domain


Use LBRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Only supporting the change will make the small bigger! Spread the word! Spread the word of creators soon being able to monetize their work on their own! Spread the word of decentralised Content sharing!


Welp, time to roll up to the FTC in an M1A1 Abrams


Unrelated to this video but: could you do a never ever on the Beatles?


I love Thick as a Brick, one of my favorites

I was so happy that he used this song, fucking masterpiece

hello Dlar. we like fortniiteeee! we like fortniteeeee!!!!!


Where may I purchase a downward spiral since you still have them?


Here before this video taken down for "Harassing" a big corporation


Watch it with the mud farmer microagressions, buddy


Patents are just as bad. Things like Insulin are still under patent protection despite it being ages old and being relatively cheap to manufacture.

Also, every time the patent gets close to expiring, they change their formulation ever so slightly to maintain patent control. While these older formulations do enter the public domain, that doesn't help much when theirs basically three companies in all of the U.S. that produce nearly all the available Insulin and don't want to bother with the stuff they no longer get royalties for. It's even worse with insulin pens, pumps, and other equipment. Out of all the health issues and increased risks that come from being a Type 1 Diabetic, having to pay these people money because my only other alternative is death angers and frustrates me more than any of them.


Everything is burning, and the ones pushing people into the blaze started the fire in the first place.


1:49-1:51

I spit out my water when I heard “yes”


solution: <b>Sue WMG Back for Stupidity</b>


The copyright rule is a negative in essence. No human being should be given the right to own information.


Just finished Code Geass and really starting about taking over the world


And I thought Joe Rogan loved his hallucinogens


5:42 Yeah funny thing is the coca cola recipe isnt patented, its just a very well kept secret that changes every once in a while

hi Mc. we like fortnitteee! we like fortniteeee!!


Hey emp, if you ever need a copyright free singer, im your man B)


If youtube has not let anyone get money rightfully I am not letting anyone get money. Use a AD blocker.


you have given me one hell of an idea..that will take forever..but unless someone beats me to it...well 2026 probably better youtube


emp sounds like he smokes a 12 pack of 12 packs of cigarettes a day


How tf WMG copyright doesn't let me use Iron Maiden in my videos but CCDC allows Coldplay to steal from Joe Satriani ?!


This video could persuade congress, assuming they didn't forget to turn their hearing aids are on.


10:36 Disney owns that rhinoceorus. You are about to have your wallet sucked so dry that you'll be able to trick arabs that they can drill for oil in it once Ol' Mickey is done with you.


Sings happy birthday for my birthday

Greedy people: NO


The circus song is copyrighted? Ok, that's too much irony for me

Nope, it's public domain, but recordings of public domain songs can still be copyrighted.


THEY CANT STOP US FROM DOO'DING THE CLOWN SONG IN COMMENTS


From Wikipedia:
"Both the lyrics and the music [of happy birthday] are public domain."

You really need to put at least 10 seconds of research into a video like this.

Over all I really liked the editing and visuals, and I agree with the main point. It's just really disappointing to see you spreading misinformation.

Not an expert on the topic so let me know if there is something I missed.

@Nerdy Alien That's fair but Warner music had to pay back $14 million to the people that they had taken money from. Over all the story seems like a (rare) example of the copyright system actually working, even if it did take a long time. Anyway my point wasn't that the copyright system isn't fucked, it is that emp needs to actually research this kinda thing before putting it in a video.


i kept getting distracted by the instrumental "thick as a brick" in the background


THIS VIDEO IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY RAID SHADOW LEGENDS!


13:43 That new releases tab just makes me sad thinking about The Prodigy. Thanks Emp.


I just wish that the zombies of congress would stop pandering to trillion dollar megacorps.


Just noticed Logan Paul at the public lynchings, Great little detail. I like it.


*_Downward Spiral gets copyright clammed_*


wasnt someone setting up a you tube union and strike?


Thick As A Brick playing in the background. Fuckin awesome.


12:38 Sadly I can only Like this Video once :( but hahaha thats great


What do you think of Tom Scott's copyright video?


It's not a Joke.

It's a money maker for IP holder's. And no one else..

Any by IO Holder I DON'T MEANT HE ARTIST


Came back here after the Quantum TV bullshit.


well shit this video doesnt have any claims, neat


'im not the monster, im just ahead of the curve'


Hey so im 18 now... Lobbying is what made copyright stupid, so maybe it can undo this... right? So... What can i do? i can vote right? Is there anything i can do to try and get copyright laws changed?


3:47 or is it perhaps an AUTISTIC pallet?

I’ll see myself out.

[89thAH] ArmA III:Optre Shenaniganus Maximus


We need progressive era 2: copyright busting edition

djmars1983 oh yeah its never gonna happen


best trilogy since the original star wars


i think that the first image from the "1893" segment is from the X-Files episode with people getting skinned


Hey, corporations are people too. Citizens United, peeps.


Kropotkin said that patents and all this copyright stuff just doesn't make any sense. in 1982.


You used the wrong characters to represent rich CEOs. The merchant you used to represent a greedy Leafy was better. That ALSO explains why youtube is often more biased towards the corporation, because Susan W is a merchant-ess.


this entire thing is 1 hour 8 minutes and 20 seconds long


Are you going to make another episode of "Never Ever", I really liked it.


Emp just wanted to say the Birthday song was made public domain in 2016


This is the only in video ad I can stand


Dood... you destroyed that commenter. Hecc yeah~

Also, Tom's Scott's propositions are nice too


This is probably the worst of the 3 videos you've made on this. You spent the first half of this video bitching about copyright law then said the same things you've expressed in the last two videos while adding solutions to YouTube's copyright system. To start, your issues isn't with the law. It's with YouTube. You complaining about the law makes it sound like you can't make a nonsensical youtube poop video, so you're gonna cry about it. While yes, under law that video would be "transformative" and fall under fair use, that doesn't mean the law is the problem. And even then, not all youtube poops fall under that as many don't do anything "transformative".

As a creator myself, I want to curate my work while I'm alive, which the law allows. After my death, that only last for a certain about of time. While we can debate the length of time after death that the work gets to be copyrighted, the fact is that copyright does protect creators.

While many people like to compare this to patents, I think the issue is much more different. Patents completely restrict the work of any other creator or company to make a similar product for a limited time until the patent is released. Meaning, the holder of the patent can profit off of his invention before competition makes their own products allowing the market to decide the success of each product and promote growth and better products and lower prices for consumers. This is not comparable to music, or movies, or art. You can recreate a song very similarly to other songs but you can't re-release the same song in the exact same structure. And no I'm not talking about covers. I'm talking about the same 4 cord verse-chorus-verse-chorus musical structure that fills the top 40.

In conclusion, copyright law is a mess, but the solution isn't to lower copyright to 20 years then it's public domain. That approach completely undermines the artist. The solution to your personal issue is to get YouTube to fix how they handle copyright. Your solutions seem fair to me.

Also, the birthday song has been public domain since 2016. It makes your whiny rant harder to listen to when you don't even do proper research. Same thing with not giving proper estimates to how long copyright law last. It may seem indefinite but it's not. Fact is, a lot of the media you want to use in your videos are still very young works and are subject to copyright. Just because standards of how youtubers handle using content between youtubers are different, doesn't mean everyone has to abide by those standards.


my boy did you just say "in these trying times" before quarentine!? My god you can see into the future!!!!


The clown song are claimed by some arsehole DJ that just messing around with FL Studio for 30 minutes


Ma man, just being here, and criticizing capitalism. Ma boi.


Plot twist Marge making the sounds from entry of the gladiators gets copyright strikes by disney.


No copyright law in the universe is gonna stop me!

If you ever get monetization on your uploads,  my name is the music companies, you underestimate my power.

You do not own that pokemon, im  taking your money


How the hell did they let you into the Swamp


Sorry but I cringe hard when notorious ytp creator says “culture and art”


if you think this is injust, you live in usa. imagine live in latin america, no one care of us. not even the youtube official account care of us


This is the type o' shit that makes people believe there is no god.


3:30
I wonder who emplemon’s neighbours are


I mean on the one hand I just hear a guy yelling at the man for having more money than him and rEsTrIcTiNg My CrEaTiViTy. On the other I think its definitely right that copyright laws are old and havnt caught up to the blazing fast speed of the internet yet. And on the third hand I dont really care because this whole deal hasnt taken money or time out of my pocket.


You just said that patents protect small artists. Don't they tend to run them out of business with how expensive they are to arrange?


Well at least copyright can’t get any wor-

COPPA: allow us to introduce ourselves


Wow Jethro tull?  Respect man.  Bring back the classics


Imagine still following the ((((((((((law)))))))))))) in 2019


Police help he stole all my furniture
Why did he
Because he made the nails
Well nail maker did you steal it
No
Well he said no sorry


Yeah make copyright  like patents copyrighting now costs 60.000 dollars 💵


Danm.. now my life savings are taken away because of that one time turned nine...


Last time I was this early, the Downward Spiral was just beginning

Ayyy<br>What's your profile picture from?

No, it has been always turning since the world is burning...

Aviation Dude 95 he’s a doing a livestream where he comments that for 10 hours lmao

Fuck you were here when this universe was born? What was it even like?

hola Section. We like fortnite! We Like Fortnite!


You're making it seem like the public is entitled to freely use, and in turn profit, off of characters in media and the media itself. Everything else in the video I agreed with, but the likeness of Mickey Mouse is owned by Disney. That's their character, not yours.


Not gonna lie, this is probably your only video i cringed at.


Nothing will become better until our generation makes the laws in 40 years


so right now we are in a creative prohabition


Next: video that contains nothing is copyrighted


Who else noticed the Devil’s millhopper?


I think we've finally found Mexican Joker.


I didn't see anyone else saying this but happy birthday to you isn't copyrighted anymore thanks to a lawsuit in 2016


Idubbbz next Content Cop should be on Youtube ITSELF!!!<br>Or atleast a Content Cop on Susan 'Whatchamacallit'.

Idubbbz next Content Cop should be on Youtube ITSELF!!!
Or atleast a Content Cop on Susan 'Whatchamacallit'.


Technocracy (mrenter series) is God to my soul


7:42   Fuckin Logan Paul in the lynching audience. Savage, brilliant.


I tihnk Tom Scott did a better video on this topic but this is another look at the issue and it's quite good as well.


🤣<(It's not about the money!) 😆<( Good one.)👍 🤑<(Yeah good $1)


I wonder when emp will finally collapse and go on a homicidal-suicidal rampage


Create original song and upload to CDbaby
Play song in video
YouTube ID claims your song on top of the BS ones
Still earn some dosh along with greedy labels


Emp is 100% correct. Intellectual property is not real property.  Ideas (PATTERNS of bits) are not objects, and can't be owned.


13:08 a wildly unexpected Jethro Tull appears


Can't believe you recommended a video by the guy who made Cool Cat lmao


its weird to think you have a chance to influence future law makers and higher ups in the world with this video in the next 10 years


filmed on location in Gainesville Florida 😂 takes me back to my college days

hello zar. We Like Fortnite! We Like Fortnite!!


Haven’t even seen this until now, and I’m sure I went though my sub box past 2 days ago, I could be wrong and just didn’t notice or something


well, to be honest the rap/hip hop genre is shit anyways


I can’t wait until the note of C becomes public domain by 2034.


The happy birthday song is in the public domain


Wait, he's at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Florida. The home of the University of Florida Gators football team.

OF COURSE! HE'S FROM FLORIDA! IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW!

Wait, he's at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Florida. The home of the University of Florida Gators football team.

*OF COURSE! HE'S FROM FLORIDA! IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW!*


Anyone who wants to blame this on capitalism, its cronyism not capitalism that caused these problems. This would not happen in a completely free system.


That ad the most entertaining ad I’ve ever seen.

hi Jaw. we like fortniteeee! we like fortniteeeee!!!!


Emplemon takes down video

because Emplemon copyright claimed it


Not gonna lie I got the sponge bob movie, Shrek 1 and some episodes of Ed Edd N, Eddy on my pc all from people who just decided to post it.


Who's here after the ChilledCow copyright lofi hip-hop incident?


I swear Emp uses the best background music


126 years fucking old... YOU'RE SHITTING ME


14:34 Why did you put a blank image of a road on this part? kinda weird.


The Idea of intellectual property itself is contradictory. While private property exists because of scarcity, ideas are not scarce therefore it would be contradictory to claim to be the sole controller of an idea


I really didn't need that visual of a Rhino Dumping

Once you ger married you will get used to it


the photoshop of logan in that lynching pic LMAOOOO


Geriatric Turbo Boomers, i'm fucking crying


Did you just did a face reveal??? If that was you then that's cool

@Markee thanks for the link and I see this face in real life in the video

Just search Aaron Lemos on YouTube. You didn't know about this?

brycepitts01 I’ve known what he looks like for a loooong time

@JOD haha I love that meme and the video game

@Big stank I might have to check that out thanks

Well, it wasn't really a face reveal, since he was in "Joker makeup" mode the whole time. However, he occasionally did appear on camera before, but mostly remained a mystery as most YouTube poopers do

hi bryce. We Liiike Fortniteeee! We Like Fortnite!!!!

brycepitts01 he already did a face reveal,go see SOTY live podcast.


But emp. I hate media companies and want them to lose money


mans used like an entire jethro tull album in theback ground of a vid ab copyright law 💀💀


What are you doing in the peter griffin household 3:31


Youtube is not forced to act like they do. They are just not willing to respect fair use.


I guess a different kind of internet is now emerging

@Science Mage That is the different kind of internet. We CANNOT be caged! We CANNOT be controlled! These corporations will come to understand this as they die! The ever pathetic ever fools!

Like hell it will we are the internet they'll ban us off it and end the internet before they can change it


Let me introduce you to the crowd pulse. Or the pulse of the public. The pattern of the emotions of the masses through the subconscious crowd ignition content.
Assalamu aleikum.
Remember the devil is weak


next time add honey with red food coloring. it made your video more ADs prof


EmpLemon still undefeated, never lost a round.


16:00-16:17
Covid regulations in a nutshell


i was abouta say damn<br>Emp got a lil chunky in the begining lol

i was abouta say damn
Emp got a lil chunky in the begining lol


Wait this isn’t joker 2019 free hd online 1080p (check in desc).


7:40 for some reason i didnt think anything of it at first but uh, yep, thats logan paul.


Please bro, my ears. From quiet to ear rape many times :(


Anyone else notice the Macho Man glasses


if you want a presidential candidate who wants to do something about copyright law maybe look into Andrew Yang, other than that were in a downward spiral


is it me or you got the voice of chills kinda


i was so not ready for that rhino shitting


Aight but i didn't need to see a rhino taking a dump. That shit's nasty.


Yeah, I wonder why we even bother anymore, sometimes.


I'm not a racist, that's simply untrue. (Though I will say not a big fan of the blues)


Can I get the outro music?<br>(Rusty cage background music remix)

Can I get the outro music?
(Rusty cage background music remix)


dude your vids are great but fuck me normalise your audio levels for this kind of video. just bring your voice volume up to the standard


MY B R A N D <br>Didn’t expect to see that again

MY B R A N D
Didn’t expect to see that again


i want to create a system called "public domain" because that does not exist


Hippity hoppity let's go steal Disney's intellectual property


Why are your videos so LONG? I wanna sleep.


so basically: find a way to make people into stone so that the world falls apart and nature blooms

huh, does this mean when normies take over we should just set shit on fire?

His ideals are sounding better and better.


That's cool but when are you going to make frying dory?


18:03 Pirates would then upload a full episode of a show followed by 10 hours of black screen hahaha.

YouTube already collects information about attention retention over the span of a video, and this already factors into ad revenue afaik.  In this utopian world where copyright claimants can only get revenue for the portion of a video they truly own, the ratio of claimed segment vs video length could easily have the total of attention retaining segments substituted in for the raw video length.

Edit: This attention retention data collection is likely why videos marked as "For Kids" can't be played in the minimized window.  Instead of cutting off the data collection, those geniuses gimped their own video player.

That's not how it works, though. I doubt the pirates would be stupid enough to monetize it.

I'll release a film with nothing but black screen then claim that 10hrs.

Ez lambo.

Easily fixed by implementing a new rule; If a video is longer than an hour you multiply the copyrighted segment by how many times longer than an hour the video is. As a result, normal videos get charged like 0.1% of their revenue still, but pirates will need to pay the full 100% for an hours worth of stolen content.


Can't wait til 2193 when Entry of the Gladiators becomes public domain


get out of your hole in 2017 it is 2020 and coppa is the new biggest threat to youtube


Does anyone know what the 8bit music is called that plays at the ad that plays


I didn’t know the Joker showed up at my Uni.


Can we make a change.org to change copyright laws? Maybe a little protest?


I'm sorry, but saying copyright law is a joke, implies that it's harmless.


Beter Kropotkin - the conquest of family guy funny moments


This never reached my subscription box  :(


I see YouTube put this under Entertainment. Wonder why...


Ans it's going to be worse in less than two years


Let's all go to Nebula! Guys? Guys? Nevermind...


I'm sorry, I couldn't hear you, is that really how the law works?

hello Azure. We Like Fortnite! We Like Fortnite!!!


yo emp with how obsessed you are with spirals, watch gurren lagann


Bro you don't follow the rules. I hate copyright law probably more than the next guy, but if you're using any copyrighted material without permission you're opening yourself up for copyright claims. If you use only original creative content these problems won't happen, but you'll have to spend a lot more time and energy creating

How the fuck do get permission on some of this shit

The point of this video is that it doesn't matter. And he doesn't really care about money he's said a couple times. And on YouTube, it's pretty hard to be totally original lol, in human art it's pretty hard to be totally original. All art is derivative, and that's what the public domain is for. I mean, I respect your trying to get along without breaking the rules, but these laws don't fit the modern world. They have never fit the world, and they only serve greedy corporate pigs.


I swear youtube is getting worse and worse


Joker emps personality is basically Rusty Cage


here is the big brain move make a song play it your video copyright yourself


Time to move to Armenia, where no copyright laws exist.


The joker references are getting out of control.


I can’t afford licensing fees so I should get to use copyrighted stuff for freeeee :,(

Copyright was never supposed to last forever you know


14:31 Dude, why'd you just label an empty road like that? It doesn't show anything smh fml imo


why don't you go to congress about this?


The end of the video would be interrupted with a Fortnite commercial


You in here at the start sounding like Dr Downvote from Nerd City


whyd you have to put that rhino shitting..... i was eating a sandwich dude i can never unsee that


You used a clip from my channel at  5:37 I thought it was good but I'm going to have to claim your video TY


Bruh EMP is from gator country. How'd you enjoy the swamp?


pewdiepie used downward spiral and credited you


My birthday is tomorrow, looks like I’m gonna go to jail.

LardBucket Happy Birthday to you as well !!!

The good news is that the Happy Birthday song was recently released from copyright when someone proved there was an earlier existing version.  The bad news is that any of this ever happened.

@Captain Blackjack Happy birthday! It's mine as well

@Captain Blackjack Tell us what you get.


i'd like that jodishere guy to reply to me as well, pls.


Calling rap a music genre is stunning and brave


Google stop ruining people’s fun please :(

Google would prefer if you followed their every command


do the people who manage youtube watch youtube?


Hey I recognize that Seinfeld slowed song at the beginning! Copystriked. /s


where is the clown version of rusty cages background music??


never got notified and i got the bell icon on


Why aren't we all saying we live in a society


12:06 why was my first thought
SIA
?!?

XD


never will i ever hope so see a rhino sht again


ah at least the  joker picture isnt copyright OH SHIT Warner Music Company has copyrighted this video thx for money

Pin or ill copyright your metagame videos


3:35 Are you using sothe's hair from fire emblem heroes???


2:41 downward spiral.......Downward spiral.....Downward Spiral.....DoWnWaRd Spiral..... DoWnWaRd SpIrAl.... DOWNWARD SpIrAl.... DOWNWARD SPIRAl.................


COPPA is wack, and did not succeed to making every content that’s for kids “for kids”. There are still some Mario Party videos that still allows commenting, which would be a burden to COPPA. And that’s only one example.


I HEARD THE THICK AS A BRICK SONG IN THE BACKGROUND OMGG


9:42 I see you keep using that STAR_ Thumbnail as a reaction image lul.

Peterscraps Ayy Peterscraps I love your videos :)


ymfahs video youtube copyright is genius


Not yet, we can still dig further below, we haven't passed the obsidian and bedrock yet. At some point we reach the Void and then we reach the ultimate end.


This is the only channel I’m early to

Love the content emp


Omg omg LMFAO lol ROFL wtf loooooo WOW!!!<br>Ultra epic video!

Omg omg LMFAO lol ROFL wtf loooooo WOW!!!
Ultra epic video!


...Let's not... b l o w ... this out of proportion...


hi hippo. We like fortnite! We like fortnite!!!!!!!


you sound like melvin, melvin, brother of the joker


your joker voice kinda sounds like crypto from destroy all humans


The soviet anthem is copyrighted

The soviet anthem Is copyrighted

The soviet anthem is copyrighted

*The soviet anthem Is copyrighted*

c t --- Hey, atleast Russian Anthem isn't, dispute being remake of USSR anthem.


can i offer you a nice egg in this trying time?


no sponsor money for you i use sponsor skipper


Thank you emp. The content you post has always been so insightful  and I appreciate all the work you put it.


A great script as usual. Serious topic, serious discussion. Love the effort!


Emp, I just wanted to say thank you for this very informative and extremely well put together series. I know it alone probably won't change anything regarding this site's disregard towards content creators, but hopefully it will at least create some waves in the community. Please keep up your amazing work, sir


This made me consider that YouTube music is a thing and that means they have a deal with the music industry already on some level.
Same for all the TV and movies you can buy now on the site.
Why is it still such that ALL the monies from a video go to whomever files a copyright claim for however much or little content is infringed?


A great way to find usable music are small undiscovered artists! You can go to places like Newgrounds where most of the music is licensed under Creative Commons licenses (Most artists will be pretty lenient on use). And you can actually search for most recent submissions, which means music most people have probably never heard of, making your videos more unique instead of bland and generic. More people need to hear about this!

Jatmoz --- I'm suprised than there's so many ways to avoid copyright claims, but EmpLemon SOMEHOW ignores half of them.


thank you for this series, copyright is really one of the most severe problems of youtube, and I'm glad you flavor your rant with arguments and actually good solutions


Very fair arguments for reasoning of both sides EmpLemon! I am a composer myself and often I have seen the argument on youtube that Pirating is the answer over copyright, but as you say in the beginning the idea of it excists for a reason. Otherwise it would be just copyright wild west like in China and no innovation would happen. However, it is taken over by the corporations as we speak. Man, what if Disney had to actually invent new things!


Amazing series Emp. Top shelf work in all three episodes.


This video is so good. It’s very informative, and I wholeheartedly agree with everything said in it. I would readily share it if I had anyone to share it with.


This was an extremely good series. Good on you dude


Copyright has been one of the largest issues for, well, longer than I've known about any other issue. I have been wanting to say the following for a while: Whichever politician who does the most for copyright reform will get my vote, regardless of party. I'm planning to make a tweet of this mentioning every politician I can, so maybe it can get at least some representation.


man your editing got so much better. love your content emp.


I'm a musician so I'm 100% in favor of streaming services (including YouTube) benefitting the artist... so long as the YouTuber in question <b>ISN'T</b> following Fair Use guidelines by any stretch of the imagination.  This shit really shouldn't be this complicated.

I'm a musician so I'm 100% in favor of streaming services (including YouTube) benefitting the artist... so long as the YouTuber in question *ISN'T* following Fair Use guidelines by any stretch of the imagination.  This shit really shouldn't be this complicated.


Holy crap dude. This is a good video. Really sheds some light on the greed of big companies.