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I was notified via email that two of the fan animations (for two of my favorite Wilco songs) I posted on YouTube were removed due to a music rights complaint by the owner. I found this odd, as these were private videos for many months now, not public. Then I searched for some of my favorite fellow Wilco fan animations: *poof*. Pretty hardcore. I don't know of anyone neglecting to buy a song or album simply because they could listen to it for free in dazzling @96kps quality.

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My friend and I were trying to find a Tegan and Sara video the other day and it was just about impossible. I guess WBR is cracking down on people posting their content on YouTube...

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WB and Youtube's agreement expired a couple of weeks ago. WB said something to the effect of: until we hammer out the details we'll do whatever we can to protect our artists.

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The band has always been pretty clear that they didn't consent to video taping at their shows. But that's weird that they would start enforcing it all of a sudden. Maybe this is a label thing, or maybe it has something to do with the upcoming DVD?

 

If I were them, I wouldn't want to ban the Youtube clips--they're not good enough to stand as a substitute to the DVD (no offense to any tapers, of course), but just good enough to make someone who hasn't seen them live want to buy a ticket.

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The band has always been pretty clear that they didn't consent to video taping at their shows. But that's weird that they would start enforcing it all of a sudden. Maybe this is a label thing, or maybe it has something to do with the upcoming DVD?

 

If I were them, I wouldn't want to ban the Youtube clips--they're not good enough to stand as a substitute to the DVD (no offense to any tapers, of course), but just good enough to make someone who hasn't seen them live want to buy a ticket.

I'm not referring to video tapers (or phoners, as it were). I agree with you that viewing clips probably has the opposite effect in which they obviously fear: stunting media sales in some way. My clips were using a song as a music bed for an animation that I was inspired to create, and share. Some other fans had shared similar work... some, I assume are also posters here, and were pulled as well. It's the first time I have encountered a complaint and subsequent yanking due to a music bed being used. I clearly indicated on the postings (which were not even public, but private at the time) that these were works from a fan, and not official in any capacity. This said, I completely understand why such a claim might be made to remove such content... it just did not strike me that anyone representing Wilco might be peeved at a fan sharing his creative work in tribute.

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I was notified via email that two of the fan animations (for two of my favorite Wilco songs) I posted on YouTube were removed due to a music rights complaint by the owner. I found this odd, as these were private videos for many months now, not public. Then I searched for some of my favorite fellow Wilco fan animations: *poof*. Pretty hardcore. I don't know of anyone neglecting to buy a song or album simply because they could listen to it for free in dazzling @96kps quality.

 

It's Warner Brothers doing in all likelihood. Btw, your Darjeeling sig is awesome.

 

--Mike

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It's Warner Brothers doing in all likelihood. Btw, your Darjeeling sig is awesome.

 

--Mike

Thanks... funny thing, I avoided watching it because I was told "...you're gonna love it", which usually means I end up hating the suggested movie. Now I'm obsessed with it.

haha what a joke... who exactly are they protecting removing these videos?

In their defense, they did effectively protect you from my videos. They were pretty bad.

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