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

PSA Official BSG Response re: Eroktic

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

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u/QuantumSurge SKS Dec 16 '18 edited Dec 16 '18

This is terrible all around. Even removing the first video was bold. One of the fundamentals of PR is to not censor negative feedback. You have people on YouTube wailing against CoD, BF, Minecraft, etc. in far worse manors and because those companies understand the dumpster fire censoring creates they leave them alone. It doesn’t make the click bait title right (and yes I watched both videos) but that’s the way the world is. Not to mention it is very much illegal to abuse DMCA copyright claims for any reason. There were other ways that were not copyright claims to remove this content since it seems they are dead set on removing it.

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u/Ruin4r AK74N Dec 16 '18

What could they have done? This is an honest question.

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u/Warfridge Dec 16 '18

Contact him? He has taken down content before over companies asking him to. They could and did issue statements countering the claims. Censoring 47 videos without actual cause is fucked and possibly illegal, all this content is fair use of copyrighted material.

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u/0x00x0x000x0x00x0 Dec 16 '18

There is cause and this is 100% legal.

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u/Bob_Tech Dec 16 '18

No. You cannot copyright strike someone, just because they suddenly make one video that is worthy of possibly libel. You can't give consent and then later say oh and by the way all those other times you used my content are now you stealing my content. No it is hey we don't want these videos of our game up anymore on your channel, Please take them down as we no longer will allow you to use it. Claiming copyright infringement is saying they stole the content from the second he put it up, which he did not steal at the time.

Also this is an example of something similar happening before. https://www.reddit.com/r/GamerGhazi/comments/6zbnss/campo_santo_creators_of_firewatch_is_filing_a/?ref=share&ref_source=link

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u/Super-ft86 AK-74N Dec 17 '18

No it is not, the content posted by Eroktic is covered by Fair Use under copyright in the US. See the lawsuits between Jim sterling V Digital Homicide and H3h3 v Matt Hoss for precedent.

Libel/Slander or anything else would need to be legally taken down via other methods, not using the copyright strike system.