Ray William Johnson/Equals Three Win Court Case

[XXLRay]

=3 does a lot to make their content unique instead of just creating compilations of viral clips. So in my eyes it's good that the court decided there actually is room for fair use.

 

[Ivanowski]

I agree with that, he did so many episodes. I remember laughing insanely to a video of a reporter running away from a bird or something. That was probably my funniest clip on his channel.

 

[Lightsen]

So this makes me worry, can anyone upload your video as a clip and make money from it on their own channel as long as they make jokes about it? im not sure how this works

 

[Kleineganz]

So this makes me worry, can anyone upload your video as a clip and make money from it on their own channel as long as they make jokes about it? im not sure how this works

Yeah, people can take a clip (generally not the entire video), and as long as they provide commentary about the video, it's fair use. It's not something to worry about, it's something to support.

 

[Lightsen]

Yeah, people can take a clip (generally not the entire video), and as long as they provide commentary about the video, it's fair use. It's not something to worry about, it's something to support.

Yeah i do support parody or review with fair use, especially in the sense that ray used, but where is the line drawn? would a 2 second clip of them saying "haha that was silly" at the end of a disney film make it a transformative work?

 

[markkaz]

I'm so not updated, can someone tell me why he left his channel? Is it because this court stuff?

My recollection is that he was tired of doing the same thing. He also thought that he was getting too old to do d*ck jokes.

While I never subscribed to them before, I am now due to their varied content.

 

[TylersMagic]

Bad news for people who want to make money by licensing simple YouTube viral videos

I don't think so. Fair use required commentary on the video, you'd still be able to sell license it for commercials and stuff that doesn't offer commentary on it.

 

[Kleineganz]

Yeah i do support parody or review with fair use, especially in the sense that ray used, but where is the line drawn? would a 2 second clip of them saying "haha that was silly" at the end of a disney film make it a transformative work?

Technically as long as you provide commentary relevant to the clip in question, it falls under Fair Use.

 

[kami]

I'm glad he won and I'm glad to hear about more people winning in cases like these. I hate companies that just massive spam the 'DMCA button' in trying to claim ownership of everything. It should be the job of the owner of the copyright to prove details, not just the responsibility of the person who received the DMCA. Honestly, there should be punishments if you keep dishing out DMCAs like candy and they are proven wrong again and again. :/

 

[markkaz]

Honestly, there should be punishments if you keep dishing out DMCAs like candy and they are proven wrong again and again. :/

While I agree that some companies abuse the system, in this case, Jukin felt that they had good reason. I'm glad that it went to a legal resolution so that others can learn as well.

As for companies being proven wrong "again and again", I would guess that the vast majority of DMCA complaints are valid.