Yeah. In the middle of a two-plus hour video about cruise lines, there’s a clip — just a few seconds long — of a friend who joined Ellis on one of the trips singing karaoke. And that caused the entire video to come down while the “dispute” was adjudicated.
And, as Ellis notes, YouTube by default sides with the copyright holder, because the nature of copyright law is that it very, very, very strongly encourages intermediaries to side with the copyright claimant, even if that claim is obvious bullshit and clearly fair use (as is the case here). YouTube’s ContentID system is basically built with that in mind. Even as YouTube spent years fighting back against copyright maximalism and winning the massive DMCA case Viacom filed against it, in the end, to keep the big copyright holders happy, ContentID is really designed to strongly favor copyright claimants, even when their claims are bullshit.
The culprit in this case? Apparently our old friends at Warner/Chappell, which, let’s just say, have a history of this sort of absolute bullshit.
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On Bluesky, Ellis points out that this wasn’t an automated takedown.
https://nebula.tv/videos/lindsayellis-i-tested-every-cruise-line-to-find-the-least-evil/ Still up on Nebula for those who have it.
I didn’t even know she still had a YouTube presence. I’ve been following her on Nebula for ages.
She calls out somewhere in the video that she’s giving YouTube done attention with this one, I watched it but at 2 hours on something not important it was second monitor content lol
I saw it before the takedown and it was worth watching. I think cruise ships are neat, but the thought of going on a cruise sounds a bit like my personal hell.
I’m glad I spend an unreasonable time watching cruise ship reviews due to the giant boat part of whatever mental illness I have and got the suggestion.
I kind of feel like her and a few of the guests have a sort of similar pov as me. She brought up a lot of the environmental and social impacts and the staff conditions and money flow, so that was very interesting to see.
this is why god made the stockholm-helsinki ferry, all the “ooooooooo big boat” of a cruise ship but without the “my husband died and they put his body in the restaurant freezer”
I watched a few days ago. All it did for me was solidify the fact that I never want to take a cruise.
It’s basically an all inclusive resort (with up charges around every corner) but worse and also it’s terrible for the environment.
So can anonymous individuals on YouTube just claim against Warner’s music on there? Consistently and extensively? That would mean they would have to lose money if all things are equal… dot dot dot
This is an open and active problem
Meanwhile Google has been feeding all manner of copyrighted material into its bullshit machines and fighting copyright in court saying it’s fair use.
This is a great video. The Cruise industry has been a bit of a mystery to me. In between the genuine review of the different cruises you get a bit more of a sense of how the industry fits in capitalism and colonialism.
I had basically zero desire to go on a cruise before watching, but it was the nail in the coffin.
Dang, I’d had this open in my browser but hadn’t been able to watch yet
edit: It’s back up apparently. I’m watching it now.
Who?
A youTuber who does video essay about pop culture/nerdy stuff, Lord of the Rings, Disney animated properties, etc.
She’s been at it for over a decade so she has a pretty big following:
the thing i like about her stuff is that it’s a very different kind of nerdy, she can somehow magically make me not just tolerate but be actively interested in theatre and musicals.
Then i pause the video and look at a normal recording of some theatre production, and i’m right back to pinching myself to stay awakeApparently, since at least 2008 when she was invited as Nostalgia Chick to be a host on Channel Awesome. CA was enormous at the time.
It’s absolutely wild she used to be on there as she’s grown so much as a content creator and they haven’t
Someone named Lindsay Ellis, apparently. Some television idol, I imagine.
Right there with you. Not sure why I’m supposed to care based on their name.
