I Confronted the People That BLOCKED My Video (Rant)
Rick BeatoCited 3× on HN, 2020–2024
commentary · general · 2020–2024 on HN
Music YouTuber Rick Beato describes confronting the people behind copyright blocks on one of his videos. The video is a rant about how takedowns and demonetization hit music education channels.
HN cites it as an example of creators' complaints about YouTube copyright blocks on music instruction videos.
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3 comments from Hacker News
Rick Beato is pretty cool. I remember a rant, he did about copyright takedown crap[0] (He's actually done a bunch of them). > Making videos is really hard. This has been my experience, which is why I tend to write longform, instead of producing videos (which I know would be a lot more popular). [0] ▶ this video
You basically use one single anecdote while YouTube ... Here is another anedcdote from one of the famous YouTube creators: I Confronted the People That BLOCKED My Video (Rant) ▶ this video I Testified Before the SENATE On BLOCKERS | Here's What Happened link
Music instruction channels on YouTube know that this may technically be true but simply does not matter. Rick Beato's channel has several rants about this, and here's one of them: ▶ this video Apparently you can have YouTube videos blocked or demonetized for even mentioning the name of a song from some very famous artists who have very active legal teams.