(If you are bored of reading the story, go at the end where i state my point)
I like uploading videos to youtube.But there is an issue.I like a rock band called system of a down, and i have used many many of their songs, as soundtracks on my vids.I have made a walkthrough of a game that has hit 47648 views, a record for me, and becouse of the copyrights, i was informed that it was banned from some countries.And i said, ok whatever, 3-4 countries less.I am not a youtuber, i don't want to make money, i like uploading vids.And then i clicked a link to see some more info about the countries it was banned.Are you ready? It was banned from :
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Congo - Democratic Republic of, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Faroe Islands, Finland, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Holy See (Vatican City State), Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia - Federated States of, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, North Korea, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Reunion, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, West Bank, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
If i counted well, 172 countries.THE WORLD HAS ABOUT 200 COUNTRIES!MY VID WAS BANNED FROM EARTH BECOUSE I USED A SONG!!! IT WAS BANNED EVEN IN ZIMBABWE!!!DO THEY EVEN HAVE INTERNET THERE????The cherry on the top of this is the youtube tip below the countries banned:
What should I do?
No action is required on your part. YOUR VIDEO IS AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE ELSE NOT LISTED ABOVE!!!
My point:
I understand the fact that artists want want to protect their songs and copy right is nothing bad to exist, but, if someone want to download a song for free, there are tons of sources to do.You can't ban a video of someone becouse he uses that vid.When someone watches a walkthrough, the last thing he is going to do, is download it to get the song.What is more, there are videos especially for listening to some songs, why don't they ban these vids?In addition to that, using a song at a vid, is free advertisment.Is there anyone out there that agrees with me?