Pirates and creators: authorship, creativity and automation in Youtube
Abstract
In our current world, we find ourselves in a moment in which intellectual property and author’s rights are placed in the spotlight of public debate. One of the main platforms in which new protectionist models are revealed is Youtube, platform in which original content created by its millions of users coexists with derivative works, piracy and content sponsored by great media conglomerates. This proposal draws from the study of a small sample of content hosted on this platform and its relationship with creators and consumers’ freedom and creativity. On one hand, we will go over the presence (legal and pirated) in Youtube of the 10 Spanish movies with the higher viewership in its History; on the other hand, we have selected a sample of short films with high creative content. The juxtaposition of both samples allows us to analyze the efficacy of the Content ID system and to emphasize the importance of user generated content in a networked universe in which big corporations have increasingly more influence, which impacts the (re)using of copyright protected works uploaded to the platform.
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