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PoliticsFebruary 19, 2025
Watch: YouTube Claims Copyright Violation and John Oliver is a Pu$$y
Yesterday’s show debunked John Oliver’s incoherent ramblings about Trump and his talent agency. However, there have since been some developments.
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Although Oliver is nearly always wrong, continentally, clips discussing him always get removed over “copyright violation” claims made by his talent agency. Subsequently, yesterday's clip was immediately banned before it even went live.
"This has greater ramifications for everyone on YouTube and social media," Crowder said. "This used to be called 'new media'. It was seen as this new frontier. It is not anymore-it's media.”
His talent agency, Avalon, made the claim on behalf of LastWeek Tonight.
"These legacy dinosaurs want to abuse it and ensure you cannot actually have your say. That is the reason Rumble exists," Crowder added. "If this does not apply as fair use, everyone out there is at risk. If you rebut anything, it can be removed.”
According to YouTube's standards, “the use of copyright-protected material under certain circumstances is allowed without permission from the copyright holder.” And that “courts typically focus on whether the use of copyright-protected material is ‘transformative.’ This means whether the use adds new expression or meaning to the original material, or whether it merely copies from the original.”
The guidelines, also state that "using material from primarily factual works is more likely to be fair use than using purely fictional works."
“Maybe that is John Oliver's defense, that he is not a primarily factual entity. It’s the only wiggle room I can see with him arguing against this being fair use,” Crowder said. “Maybe he is arguing that his work is purely fictional.”
Additionally, under the guidelines, "Borrowing small bits of material from an original work is more likely to be considered fair use than borrowing large portions."
"It could not be more clear, this is an attack on freedom of speech on YouTube," Crowder added. "This is about selective application of the rules and the law."
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