Freedom of speech issues in gaming critique

Post by **MrFlibble** » Mon Oct 21, 2013 12:42 pm

The Cynical Brit, a well-known video game YouTube critic, relays the details of a recent incident in this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfgoDDh4kE0

Basically a game development company used the "copyright protection" legislation to take down a video review that harshly criticized their game, and got away with it (for now at least).

[Edit] After the general public on the Internet was outraged by this event, Wild Games Studio was pressured to restore the original review:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjTa_x3rbJE

Quadko · Post by **Quadko** » Mon Oct 21, 2013 3:34 pm

Heh. Nice story. Thanks for bringing it up.

Post by **MrFlibble** » Mon Oct 21, 2013 4:08 pm

Gemini posted this story at VOGONS so I learned about it there.

Now that the freedom of speech successfully defended itself, I think it's safe to remove the [IMPORTANT] tag.

Post by **dosraider** » Mon Oct 21, 2013 4:51 pm

On the other hand, I can understand Wild Games Studio, they protect their product by any *legal* means. Not that I agree with their methods, far from even.
If it's a 100% correct way, is another question.......

Hmm you tagged it [important] , good you removed it, otherwise I probably had removed it myself.
Me thinks that something as this
http://www.statisticbrain.com/world-hunger-statistics/
is really [important], not a legal fight about a game, even if it's about freedom of speech, just saying.

Post by **wardrich** » Mon Oct 21, 2013 5:02 pm

Dosraider: TB had full permission from the company. There was grounds for them to have the video pulled.

Another really important thing to remember is that YouTube does the whole 3 strikes and your out. If this guy gets 3 copyright claims, his videos and account are deleted - this is bad news if these reviews are a major source of your income.