[NCUC-DISCUSS] Olympics in copyright trouble

[Joly MacFie]

Certainly, YouTube videos can be kiboshed by crowd action, either through
community flagging or copyright, but also multiple third party claims i.e.
DMCA claims, are often generated on a single work, due to it having been
licensed to mutliple parties and jurisdictions.
​j​


On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 3:10 PM, Seun Ojedeji <seun.ojedeji at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Okay this is an interesting one, the definition of "multiple third-party"
> is this context is a new one for me.
>
> The section below is more interesting:
>
> "...after it was uploaded the song was hit with an avalanche of criticism
> from some YouTube users, who claimed it was a direct copy of Disney’s
> song.....It is unclear from the YouTube notice who requested that the video
> be taken down"
>
> 2 things comes to mind:
>
> - Is it really copyright infringement when one doesn't copy lyrics nor
> instrumental sound track
>
> - How much whistle blowing would warrant an infringement especially when
> the supposed owner is not laying complaint.
>
> Should one be concerned that the internet is creating a situation where
> the loud voice could have their way even if their view is not necessarily
> acceptable by the silent ones.
>
> Regards
> Sent from my Asus Zenfone2
> Kindly excuse brevity and typos.
> On 21 Sep 2015 19:20, "Joly MacFie" <joly at punkcast.com> wrote:
>
>> (snigger)
>>
>>
>> http://www.worldipreview.com/news/beijing-olympics-song-removed-by-youtube-after-copyright-complaints-8714
>>
>> ​YouTube has removed an official song for the Beijing 2022 Winter
>> Olympics due to “multiple third-party” complaints of copyright infringement.
>>
>> The song, called “The Ice and Snow Dance”, had come under fire after
>> various reports and YouTube users said it sounded too similar to “Let it
>> Go”, a song featured in Disney’s 2013 hit film “Frozen”.
>> Instead of showing the video, a YouTube search for the Olympics song now
>> displays a notice <https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=112&v=48EojfCjQhk> stating
>> that the “YouTube account associated with this video has been terminated
>> due to multiple third-party notifications of copyright infringement”.​
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.worldipreview.com/news/tokyo-olympics-logo-scrapped-after-copyright-claim-8800
>>
>> The logo for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games has been ditched
>> following an allegation that it infringed copyright belong to a Belgian
>> artist.
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> The emblem, created by designer Kenjiro Sano, has a black block in the
>> middle of a square shape with curved triangles in two corners. It also
>> features a red circle similar to that on the Japanese flag.
>>
>> Belgian designer Olivier Debie claimed that the design was similar to a
>> logo that he designed for theatre company Théâtre de Liège
>> <http://theatredeliege.be/> in 2013.
>>
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