Screw You, Gnarls Barkley
>> Wednesday, January 14, 2009
“Dear Steve,
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A copyright owner has claimed it owns some or all of the audio content in your video My First Chest Waxing. The audio content identified in your video is Crazy by Gnarls Barkley. We regret to inform you that your video has been blocked from playback due to a music rights issue.”
Oh come on! Is there really some lawyer trolling YouTube looking for this stuff? Yes, I used Crazy - it’s a fitting song when one is getting all of his chest hair ripped out. I cut it up and used parts of it - I didn’t play it from start to finish. And it’s not like I’m using it to somehow make money. My YouTube account has officially made my $0.00. I actually used the song off their CD that I purchased. That’s like Canon saying every photo I make with my Canon camera is property of Canon (OK, I know that’s a stretch, but COME ON!).
Now my list of videos on YouTube looks like this:
Thank you, Facebook! Screw you, Gnarls Barkley!
I hope Kanye West doesn't come after me for this:
Direct link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c68aWDi9Hz8
Direct link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kX42Taedvo
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39 comments:
These people don't realize what helps sell their products. Maybe it's their right, but it's their stupidity too!
wha........................................................................................... :)
I hope these people realize how many people read your blog!!!! Go Steve!
That's just weird. I can't believe they were concerned with that!
Those people really need to find something better to do with their time. Like, COME ON! Besides, it was free advertising!
Ironically, that is Crazy!
Oh gnarls. Wow steve, glad you had a video of your first chest waxing up though.
That sucks!
That's it. I will NEVER purchase a gnarls cd, in protest in your honor. Ever. Screw you, Gnarls!
ridic!
They can't take away the Grim Reaper/Kanye West video!!!!!
I have to agree. You are not making money off of it. Pathetic, how many millions did Gnarls lose over that?
HA! I took the Gnarls Barkley CD out of the library and downloaded the songs from that. Whatcha gonna do NOW, GB?
These videos are hilarious!
Omg, seriously??? What's the big deal YouTube???
Did I actually somehow miss a chest hair waxing video?!? Darnit!
Busted. Steve Stenzel, Public Enemy....
It was divine retribution, for being so mean to those Fellas....
Well, so far this has been a busy year for Little Stevie Stenzel, run over, busted for copyright violation....
What's next? Arrested for drunk & disorderly conduct, after hitting the booze to kill the pain, the humiliation....
The year is young....
Stay tuned for Ironman's YEAR OF SHAME....
Un.freaking.beleivable.
I am officially boycotting gnarls barkley. Congratulations to his PR group! Good job!
Hmmm - I didn't think copyright worked like that! I thought that if you paid for it and weren't "distributing" it and weren't making money off of it (as in using it to sell something), then you could use it - even publicly and be legit. (Guess not.)
If you had posted a video on You Tube of you and Pharmie dancing at your wedding could the person who wrote the song you were dancing to have your video blocked? It seems petty and beside the point! (Especially coming from a group (?) whose very name is a play on someone else's fame, eh? Or is that just coincidence?)
lol. that's crazy
You should be charging Gnarls Barkley for the publicity you rang up with that video! You've got a big following that will pretty much play any song you play, unless it’s Milli Vanilli...that may be a stretch. I’m sorry for your loss.
Oh good freaking grief!
Thanks for re posting the Grim Reaper dance again tho. That made me laugh all over again!
I guess Gnarls is really hurtin for money since HE/THEY ONLY HAD ONE SONG...jeeeze, get over yourself Gnarls Barkley...at least come up with a new tune.
OMG, THANK YOU for posting your grim reaper dance again. Best video EVAH. I really needed the laugh today! :)
I have one question:
WHY you do that????
OUCH!!!
Wow, I'm surprised he even bothered to bring it up to the YouTube folks. As you said, it's not like you're getting rich off of using it ...
Thats ridiculous. The person whose job it is to troll the net looking for this stuff must be an unhappy person
Hate to break it to you guys, but Gnarls Barkley had very little to do with the video being taken down. It probably would have been the record company (in Gnarls Barkley's case, Warner Music Group) that told YouTube to take it down.
And to Calyx, unfortunately, you thought wrong and it is possible that wedding video could be blocked...
Way to fight the man. ha ha
Bwhahaha!
I can't stop laughing, brilliant.
More I say, more.
That video should have been removed - due to down right insanity! Why the heck would you do that?????
While I feel for ya, copyright laws actually do protect an artist's material in that context. It's amazing how much stuff you think you can use but you really can't. Like all this stuff here on your blog? Techinically beglongs to Blogger. Yeah, re-read your user agreement.
My brother. I feel for you. Phil Collins recently screwed me as well (No more "In The Air Tonight" on part 2 of mine). Bastards, all of 'em.
I say you record yourself singing over the original Gnarles Barkley track, and then put that over the video and re-upload.
HILARITY!
Holy shit. Those are some of your funniest videos.
I guess you need to start singing on your videos. It would be like the auditions on American Idol. Do those kids have to pay ASCAP to go in front of Simon and sing???
Nobody named Gnarles can be trusted. Nobody!
First off, Gnarls can eat a butt. I mean really. They need to let it go.
Second off, the Kanye one brought tears to my eyes. I can't stop watching it.
I would think Kanye would want you in his next video if anything!
OK, that Grim Reaper video was one of the funniest things I've ever seen!
And yeah, I heard YouTube is notorious for taking down videos featuring unlicensed music. So lame!
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