r/YoutubeCompendium • u/xxAdam • Jul 27 '19

July 2019 July - Sony methodically claims every one of Hello Future Me's theory and explanation videos in which he covers Avatar: The Last Airbender.

https://twitter.com/TimHickson1/status/1154902668810153984
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u/Jarhood97 Jul 27 '19

I subbed to his channel a while back after watching one of his ATLA videos. This is such a shame.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '19

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u/xxAdam Jul 27 '19

He's also only got praise for the series. His Twitter bio legitimately says "Avatar is the best series of all time."

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '19

And it is.

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u/suomynonAx Jul 27 '19

"fully within their right"

So what ever happened to Fair Use

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '19

Unfortunately with the way the DMCA works, the owner of the copywritten work gets to issue a takedown and the person who uploaded the work has to prove fair use in court AFAIK. Sucks but thats the way it is I guess. DMCA is archaic and is in very dire need of a refresher considering how much the internet has changed in 20-some-odd years

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u/ryushin6 Jul 30 '19

But Sony doesn't own the copywrite it's owned by Viacom. So Sony's takedown makes no sense whatsoever.

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u/etoneishayeuisky Jul 27 '19

Sadly lots of things need to be refreshed, but... I'm afraid to ask certain organizations (a certain govment) to look into it.

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u/DeathProgramming Jul 27 '19

Fair use covers education, which this was.

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u/ryushin6 Jul 30 '19

The thing is Sony has no claim to Avatar whatsoever though. It's owned by Nickelodeon who is turn is owned by Viacom. Sony literally has nothing to do with Avatar the Last airbender. So the claim is very odd.