Copyright claim from IDG Germany on my let's play?

[PsychoRaven]

Shouldn't take long. Most people say it's removed almost right away. So I'd expect a day or two maybe a little longer.

[mrgaming4cheap]

I got hit too. I used nothing but gameplay footage. No extra music or images or anything else.

[ServiusTheBear]

If some one disputes it successfully let use know what you did. I know its not really doing anything as in blocking the video's I just rather not that the wrong lies attached to my videos along with anyone else.

[NukemDukem]

I just talked to a designer of tell tale. He said he will bring it up in a meeting with the other developers on Monday and hopefully they can resolve this issue soon

[Blofeld]

Ah,

Germany and Youtube, a sad story for people who enjoy the internet...

[dacrunch]

I'm disappointed with the lack of an official tellale response on this issue. I'm surprised telltale isn't a bit more pissed off with some random German company claiming ownership of their hard work.

[divisionten]

The lack of official response is due to the fact that Telltale is not like EA. it's a weekend, and their offices are closed.

[WabbitTwaks]

Originally Posted by divisionten

The lack of official response is due to the fact that Telltale is not like EA. it's a weekend, and their offices are closed.

You tell 'em, Div! hehehe

[Vainamoinen]

Hey, that's my line. And she's right again. They really earned that weekend too.

[NukemDukem]

I am surprised someone hasn't sued them for this. Apparently they are notorious for this shenanigan

[PsychoRaven]

Oh I'm sure someone will get sick of it eventually and sue. It's only a matter of time. They do need to be taken out though. Youtube needs to refine their policies and make these people prove they have a rightful claim. As it is they don't do that and leave it up to the person who's having the claim on them to do all the work disputing it.

[darkdomino]

I also have a Let's Play of The Walking Dead and IDG has filed a false claim against me as well. I filed a dispute a few days ago, but Youtube doesn't seem to be in a huge rush to do anything about it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V7i_L4gcSM

Screenshot:


Unless TellTale games used Angry Birds music in their game, I'm being trolled by CBS too.

[NukemDukem]

i got hit with cbs also in part 1 of the video. I re-uploaded and didnt get matched

[PsychoRaven]

Originally Posted by NukemDukem

I just sent this message to every single e-mail listed on IDG Germany Global Website
If you want to send the same e-mail here is the US PR Contacts:
http://www.idg.com/www/home.nsf/docs/us_pr_contacts

Hello,

snip

While what they are doing is wrong threatening them isn't the best way to handle it.

[Vainamoinen]

Originally Posted by PsychoRaven

While what they are doing is wrong threatening them isn't the best way to handle it.

Agreed.

[Vainamoinen]

Don't get me wrong, I wasn't explicitly opposed to aggressiveness.

Being treated unjustly demands a strong response. But you will hardly be able to muster up a real shitstorm for IDG here, so your present course of action is primarily ineffective. I don't assume you can really present "evidence from thousands of gamers" concerning false claims (If you can, congrats! ).

A single e-mail or call from Telltale might achieve more here.
I hope it comes to pass.

[PsychoRaven]

Originally Posted by Vainamoinen

Don't get me wrong, I wasn't explicitly opposed to aggressiveness.

Being treated unjustly demands a strong response. But you will hardly be able to muster up a real shitstorm for IDG here, so your present course of action is primarily ineffective. I don't assume you can really present "evidence from thousands of gamers" concerning false claims (If you can, congrats! ).

A single e-mail or call from Telltale might achieve more here.
I hope it comes to pass.

Exactly. And threatening to email and call every one there you can over and over only serves to annoy them and make things worse. Between Telltale and going through Youtube's dispute process you will be more effective.

[NukemDukem]

Well,
Whats done is done hopefully it all gets sorted out soon.

[PuerNoctis]

Hi all,

Well, got the same problem. My videos have not been deleted yet, however, they have been marked with the copyright claim right away after upload.

I have called the IDG Germany office as I wanted to know what copyright they are actually claiming, but the nice lady told me that since tomorrow's national holiday in Germany, all the important persons took a day off today.

She did tell me the mail address of the person who seems to can explain what is going on, but as he is "just" an online editor I don't know if he's really the right person to turn to. On the other hand, maybe he knows where to accquire the informations from...

EDIT: Actually, he's director of Content Management & Social Media - my bad.

I've sent them this subtle request (german, sry) - maybe there will be a informative answer if nothing else happens the next few days:

...
wie besprochen sende ich Ihnen per Mail meine Anfrage.

Es geht um folgende Sache: Am heutigen Montag (30.04.2012) habe ich auf der Videoplattform „YouTube“ ein sog. „Let’s Play“ Video des Computerspieles

„The Walking Dead“

hochgeladen. Direkt nach dem Upload wurde das Video von Google Inc. mit folgender Urheberrechtsmitteilung versehen:

Audiovisueller Content Verwaltet von:
IDG Germany

In den Internetforen des Entwicklers von „The Walking Dead“, Telltale Games, wird bereits heiß über dieses Thema diskutiert, da es sich hierbei anscheinend um keinen Einzelfall handelt, und bereits dutzende Videos mit vergleichbarem Inhalt entfernt wurden:

http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/...ad.php?t=29579

Da anscheinend niemandem ganz klar ist, woran IDG Germany konkret Rechte an „The Walking Dead“, bzw. an dem Vertrieb von audiovisuellem Inhalt inne hat, bitte ich Sie freundlich darum, den Sachverhalt kurz zu erläutern. Von dem Sichtpunkt aller betroffenen besteht keinerlei Urheberrechtsanspruch der IDG Germany – aber leider fällt da der Informationsfluss durch Google auch etwas mau aus…

Ich hoffe Sie können hier etwas Licht ins Dunkeln bringen.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen
...

Let's see.

Regards

P.S: I couldn't post this text until now, due to some forum database error. By the time of writing, two of my four videos were marked with the copyright claim notice. Now both notices are gone and videos are still up.

[Vainamoinen]

Nicely put, PuerNoctis. Wish you guys all the best.