Welcome to episode 25. Luke and Conor are joined by Kevin AKA LoL_Glitnir to talk about DMCA and Copyright issues and set the stage for why it exists. This could be a very enlightening conversation if you are looking to understand DMCA and copyright.

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https://www.twitch.tv/lol_glitnir

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----- Show Notes -----

Copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive right to make copies of a creative work, usually for a limited time. The creative work may be in a literary, artistic, educational, or musical form. Copyright is intended to protect the original expression of an idea in the form of a creative work, but not the idea itself.

1976 Copyright Act - extended federal copyright protection to all works, both published and unpublished, once they are fixed in a tangible form.

**Fair use under US copyright law. Section 107. fair use - identifies certain types of uses—such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research—as examples of activities that may qualify as fair use.

https://www.copyright.gov/fair-use/more-info.html

1998 DMCA - Digital Millennium Copyright Act 1998 (keyword dissemination) -  It criminalizes production and dissemination of technology, devices, or services intended to circumvent measures that control access to copyrighted works.

**dissemination: the action or fact of spreading something, especially information, widely.

**Safe harbour: protects sites that allow users to upload and share content with others, but site must comply with DMCA notice and take down procedure

questions / thoughts

*apparently stores even need a PPL and PRS to play music? wuhhh

*what is the process to register copyright in us? Not required in us BUT required to file suit.

*My opinion on DMCA + concerts / president (elect) biden speech

*is a “content creators” work considered copyright material… radio and television broadcasts are eligible, why not creators?

*thoughts on fair use as far as music or even a movie on a stream?

*what about in-game music or in-game copyright materials?

*solutions? Yes, tons of copyright free music providers, Harris Heller is huge by streamers, i followed along and have a small lofi beats spotify playlist

YouTube “checks” feature for upload just rolled into effect on my channel, kinda funny…