Copyright Claims for the holidays

Didn't you live at the time of posting those videos in the USA? Also, aren't you still a citizen of USA?

I was not in the USA at the time of posting, however yes, I am absolutely still a citizen of the United States (I'm not a citizen of Poland, only a resident), however my Youtube account is connected to my residence in Poland.

How is this a thing if you're still a sovereign citizen? Because since he isn't a Polish citizen it's technically like a really really long vacation right? If I escalate a claim in Cancun because I'm on vacation it shouldn't matter.

im no legal expert by any means, but fair use is pretty similar to what it is in USA in EU in basic principle. Of course in EU its bit more complex because individual nations still have their own laws about it, but generally they dont differ hugely due to interests of EU economy. While main base still can be considered 2001 Copyright directive for EU approach, lately EU nations & EU as whole has been rapidly moving toward way more flexible laws (in fact losing roaming fees short time ago in EU was another step toward more flexible connection laws in general). And its still important to stress that legislation differs from country to country. Still, its worth noting that ACTA & COPA (remember those? big deal few years back) tried to unify legislation on these parts but worst possible way.

If i can reccommend something is to dig through some EU copyright directives. I do hope i was some help here though

Well... I'm pretty tired, and I'm reading an automatically translated document, but this: https://www.prawo.pl/dz-u-akt/-/dokument/Dz.U.2017.880%20t.j./16795787/2219500 seems to be what you're looking for, article 29. [The Right To Quote]. "It is permissible to quote excerpts of popular works and popular works of art, photographic works or small pieces in their entirety to the extent that they are justified by the purposes of the quotation, such as explanation, polemics, critical or scientific analysis, teaching or the rights of the creative genre."

But like I said, I'm pretty tired. I was pretty stumped by the registration page trying to register to post this, so I could be way off.

This is why I download all your videos. This is probably a stupid idea, but you could release the videos to someone who does live in the US and who is willing to tell the worthless garbage to go hang themselves.

You may want to consider reaching out to Leonard French via YouTube. (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChBJtu4BhT8b8t9Qe9R-EZg) He's a lawyer that discusses copyright on YT/Twitch on a regular basis. He could at least offer some free advice, I'd think.

Good luck.

I'm getting trouble from the BBC and a record label for videos Ross's Game Dungeon: Potty Pigeon and Ross's Game Dungeon: Quarantine, respectively.

Makes my blood boil.

But anyway, I don't know if it'll help much, but the Polish (perhaps Magda can help you translate that) wikisource has the law in question for Poland.

https://pl.wikisource.org/wiki/Prawo_autorskie

there it stands:

Rozdział 1: Przedmiot prawa autorskiego

Art. 29.

Wolno przytaczać w utworach stanowiących samoistną całość urywki rozpowszechnionych utworów rozpowszechnione utwory plastyczne, utwory fotograficzne lub drobne utwory w całości, w zakresie uzasadnionym celami cytatu, takimi jak wyjaśnianie, polemika, analiza krytyczna lub naukowa, nauczanie lub prawami gatunku twórczości.

which basically says, if I'm not mistaken, that you're allowed to use parts of some works for reasons of explaining, discussing, analyzing, criticising or teaching.

Oh, it's been translated to English as well. Just found that out:

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Polish_Copyright_Law

I've appealed both disputes. If it's helpful to anyone, here's what I sent for my appeal:

Quarantine:

Potty Pigeon:

...when I read this my first reaction was "I'm amazed someone copyright-claimed Potty Pigeon".

But yeah, I'd mirror dmmaxwell's statement on contacting Leonard French, although I don't know how far he could help in considering the international aspects. He seems to be YT's current legal expert in copyright cases, and has outlined and dealt with some of the more absurd suits in recent history (including getting sucked into that Alex Mauer fiasco, the poor guy). Sadly, YT has next to no oversight, so unless things go absolutely berserk they throw their algorithms at the problem and hope that fixes it.

The BBC I can understand, and maybe they're pushing because they don't want their content associated with a game called "Potty Pigeon". They're kinda assholes anyways when it comes to their content. (But the "All Creatures Great & Small" series is a good one regardless. So are the books, for that matter. But I digress...)

As for the other... no idea. I've never even heard of the band before, so I guess the studio is the one getting testy? Any idea who they are?

The other alternative would be to reupload the episodes with the content edited/removed, but that's equivalent to giving in and should only be used as a last resort.

Stay safe Ross, and have a Merry Christmas & a happy new year regardless!