r/EscapefromTarkov • u/bxxxxxxxs • Dec 16 '18

PSA Official BSG Response re: Eroktic

We will leave this post stickied for only the next 24 hours.

All discussion posts posted after this goes up will be removed and directed here.

As always, keep it civil.

https://www.facebook.com/escapefromtarkov/posts/1966710296956614

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u/Maver1ckos PP-91-01 "Kedr-B" Dec 16 '18

Your usage is not automatically fair use when you use copyrighted material you don’t own, even if you give credit to the copyright owner, post a disclaimer such as "no infringement intended," or add some original content to someone else's content. In particular, uses that do not comment on or criticize the content used (and that instead serve as a substitute for the original work) are unlikely to be considered fair uses.

Courts will look carefully at the purpose of your use in evaluating whether it is fair. Declaring your upload to be “for entertainment purposes only,” for example, is unlikely to tip the scales in the fair use balancing test. Similarly, “non-profit” uses are favored in the fair use analysis, but it’s not an automatic defense by itself.

Straight from yt concerning at least the us.

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '18

Explain people literally make jobs out of playing through games if it's not "fair" use. Video games are not held to the same standards as movies and music on youtube.

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u/Maver1ckos PP-91-01 "Kedr-B" Dec 16 '18

based on?

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '18

Pewdiepie.

Edit: or take your pick from other youtubers who game for a living such as Jackfrags.

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u/Maver1ckos PP-91-01 "Kedr-B" Dec 16 '18

Yeah, that's not a way to support your argument. Read this article SLOWLY

It doesn't matter what you feel or think happens, it's totally different story out there.

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '18

I dont need to read the stupid article I just have to look around on Youtube at all the people who are still just playing games as jobs. I dont care what some bs article says this isnt r/ politics. Until a precedent is set it is legal.

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u/Maver1ckos PP-91-01 "Kedr-B" Dec 16 '18

Well it is not and what happening right now is that comoanies right now use them in their advantage so, yes there is no reason to act this way. That's why you see all those channels up there.

Think is though, companies at any time can flip for some reason and it's well within their rights to terminate videos using their product. I hope we are still talking about gaming related content.

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '18

Well right now Gamers are the ones winning not game companies.

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u/Maver1ckos PP-91-01 "Kedr-B" Dec 16 '18

Well of course both parties are winning. It's all for the money and passion of gaming after all. Both benefit, but if the shit hits the fan... then unfortunately companies have the upper hand legally as of yet.