The Island of Misfit Seasonistas

Have you ever posted to the Island?


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I've done my three vids for 91. I still have a half bottle of Makers and three days until my wife comes home. Tonight, Blondie. Tomorrow night, disco. You've been warned.
 
This is the first time I have exceeded my quota for the weekly season, so thought I'd drop one in here.
Silver Threads and Golden Needles, originally by The Springfields, Dusty's group before forging her solo career.

whoops wrong video, back later
 
Anxious to hear your take on this Rustyy. I think Wanda Jackson recorded it first, fwiw.

This is the first time I have exceeded my quota for the weekly season, so thought I'd drop one in here.
Silver Threads and Golden Needles, originally by The Springfields, Dusty's group before forging her solo career.

whoops wrong video, back later
 
Most of you have seen this so...my apologies.
But it may be my favorite video I've ever been in and involves 3 seasonista amigos singing a Gillian Welch tune and she's coming to town next week and two of the three of us are going to hear her. The guy who isn't going may show up if the lottery ticket comes through for a plane ticket from Cataluna...
 

I hadn't thought about this in a long time and now I'm a little obsessed with it.
The vocal range isn't quite right here I guess or it's just me, but...
 
I always liked this song but I already did three songs this season, so here it is for the misfits: Lisa Hannigan - Safe travels don't die.
 
Anxious to hear your take on this Rustyy. I think Wanda Jackson recorded it first, fwiw.

Well I didn't know that. Thanks for the info. I will add it to my repository.

Here's the video:
 
matched content?

Just noticed a "matched third party content" against a couple of my seasons entries. Is this something I should be concerned about?
Should I acknowledge?
Can I avoid it by not putting song title in video?
Anything else I should know?
 
Just noticed a "matched third party content" against a couple of my seasons entries. Is this something I should be concerned about?
Should I acknowledge?
Can I avoid it by not putting song title in video?
Anything else I should know?

Matched third party content is nothing to worry about. It simply means that someone, usually via an automated process, is claiming their copyright on the song either for themselves or, more usually on behalf of someone else.

Click on the link and it will tell you what your options are.

You have two courses of action. You can either acknowledge or dispute. If it is a recent song with a known author/composer, simply check "acknowledge" and that will be it. You may find that there are some ads when your video is played. That's nothing to worry about, it's simply one way in which Google can pay the royalties to the copyright holder.

If you are sure that it's either a song of your own or it's out of copyright and in the public domain, you can dispute when you will be taken to a page where you can explain the grounds for your disputing the claim.

I quite often get matched third party content notices on traditional songs. I challenge those and normally the claim is withdrawn. I did once have the dispute rejected and although I was pretty sure I was right, I decided to take the song down as I didn't feel I had strong enough evidence to further challenge, especially as the outcome of a failed appeal on a rejected dispute was a takedown notice and a black mark against your name. I am working on another version of that song where I will have the necessary evidence if the claim arises again.

A lot of people seem to think that avoiding the title of the song in the title of the video or putting in a "fair use" disclaimer will avoid problems with copyright claims. Personally I don't believe it has any effect whatsoever. The automated "bots" they use will pick up the song anyway. I'm from the UK and we don't have a fair use clause in our copyright act, so there's no use in a fair use disclaimer. By the sound of it you're from Australia so I don't know about your copyright act but even if the Australian copyright legislation has a "fair use" clause I doubt it will have much effect.

Mostly, I think copyright owners of songs don't mind their songs being recorded and put on You Tube. It gives them free exposure. I always think it's a courtesy to acknowledge the writers of the song in some way, in your video or in the description underneath. There are a few, however who are awkward - or their agents are on their behalf and will insist on take down notices, but they are the minority. Most don't seem to mind but would like some royalties.
 
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I recorded four songs for season 91, so this is the one I didn't use.

It's an American traditional song and was recorded by Peter, Paul and Mary in the 1960s though they didn't include the last verse. (I suspect they didn't want the heroine dying at the end which is what actually happens in full versions of the song)

 
Matched third party content is nothing to worry about. It simply means that someone, usually via an automated process, is claiming their copyright on the song either for themselves or, more usually on behalf of someone else.

thanks for all that info Geoff. Seems like I shouldn't worry too much, just an acknowledgement should do for me.
 
So, no disco tonight, as I had planned. But, here's a song for my lovely wife. Come on home.
Heather Nova…..
 
Hahaha- Daddy-o, last time Mel left for more than a few days I was a mess.
Here is proof, from long before we did the seasons (in fact- we used to just post whatever came to mind- weird)
Note the owl hat ;) All the cool kids have them.
 
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