And you had no 3rd party music or sound involved in any way? Haven't heard this happening to anyone else. What exactly did you Stream?
And you had no 3rd party music or sound involved in any way? Haven't heard this happening to anyone else. What exactly did you Stream?
HI, I have 2 questions to your letter. I want to "let's play" Cities Skylines when it appears on 03/10/15.
1. In the Letter you wrote "Copyright © 2013". But I think now it is 2015 right?
2. You Say the Copyright notice have to display in my material. So I have to make closing credits in my Video or is it ok if the notice is "only" in the video description below the video?
Dear Bjorn,
I'd like to take the opportunity to inform you that YouTube is set up to retrieve distribution policies from the developer or publisher's official website. While the letter you provide is a tremendous help, all issues concerning copyrights would be solved if paradox provided a public disclaimer stating you grant the user the rights to distribute (and eventually monetize) footage of your game, including all audio and video assets, to which you own all intellectual property rights. If you have a small paragraph, publicly visible (for instance, in a stickied thread on the official forums), we can link that in the description and avoid fraudulent copyright claims altogether.
Thank you in advance for trying to make life easier on us =)
Hi Paradox Interactive.
First of all i want to thank you for your great games! I played Europa universalis and Crusader Kings 2 several times and love them!
Now i want to ask you what conditions i have to fullfill if i want to make Let's plays of your great games?
I already read that you want that let's players make clear, that all Stuff showed is property of Paradox interactive. Is there something more i would have to fullfill to make let's plays without getting in trouble? =)
Faithfully yours,
Moerp aka Mister Moerp
Does this thread not serve that function? it is linked from the sticky thread http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum...cements-Policy-Notices-and-other-useful-links (Third one down)
It should serve that purpose. Plus, the letter you kindly made available to us is SIGNED, which is one thing YouTube demands. However, from all the (rather extensive) research I've made, YouTube seems to have some sort of algorithm that looks for keywords within the link provided in the video's description automatically, before it forces copyright claims. However, the letter is on a .pdf document, which is not readable by their computers. This is based on a lot of speculation, since YT doesn't actually provide this sort of information, so we have to rely on the expertise of more experienced and well-connected content creators to figure this sort of stuff out. All in all, it would be safer to have the statements you have in that letter quoted in the thread itself.
Again, the letter should be more than enough, but if you're willing to go that extra mile for our safety, it would be awesome. For example, Blizzard has this: http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/legal/videopolicy.html
They didn't go as far as you guys did, but, since the actual text is directly available on their website, people don't get copyright claims (which are usually fraudulent anyway).
All of this to make it clear to your company that YouTube's current policy isn't aimed at protecting copyright owners (in this case, Paradox), but rather to protect itself, leaving content creators to burn in the process, and the actual owners of the rights to miss out on money that other random facade companies around the world get for themselves when they claim something they don't have the rights to.
Thank you very much for paying such close attention to this aspect of the community. I've just had a very bad experience with Gearbox and it's a great relief to communicate with someone who actually understands the importance of video commentary as a source of publicity. It's also pretty fun to do, too!
Dear Bjorn,
I'd like to take the opportunity to inform you that YouTube is set up to retrieve distribution policies from the developer or publisher's official website. While the letter you provide is a tremendous help, all issues concerning copyrights would be solved if paradox provided a public disclaimer stating you grant the user the rights to distribute (and eventually monetize) footage of your game, including all audio and video assets, to which you own all intellectual property rights. If you have a small paragraph, publicly visible (for instance, in a stickied thread on the official forums), we can link that in the description and avoid fraudulent copyright claims altogether.
Thank you in advance for trying to make life easier on us =)
I can testify that watching EU3 videos on youtube (shenryyr2 specifically) is the whole reason I got into the Paradox games. Allowing use in Youtube videos and other media is a big advantage to Paradox not just because it makes the fanbase happy, but because it's literally free advertising.While it is nice, they have much to gain from this as well, considering what an effective source for advertising these let's play videos can be.