Copyright Gets Sadder

[Scott "Maniac" Manor]

Lady Gaga's Youtube Account has been suspended.

A message is posted on her channel page which reads: "This account has been suspended due to multiple or severe violations of YouTube's Copyright Policy."

The account was suspended because it had footage from Gaga's recent appearance on Japan's Fuji TV show SMAP x SMAP, which was taken down after a copyright-infringement claim from Media Interactive, Inc.

Only her official Youtube channel is suspended, her Vevo channel on Youtube is still active.

I hate Lady Gaga and consider her a fraud and an attention whore, but wtf Media Interactive? It's Gaga's own channel and you're saying she can post videos of herself? Sure it was at a concert, but it was her concert and a video of her. The level that people take copyright laws to is beyond ridiculous with this and talks of making a new law where you can get jail time if certain youtube videos exceed x amount of views(I think it was 5).

[belmont]

I'm going to sound dumb here, but how come every artist seems to have a Vevo account? Do they own the rights to everything? Like you said though her official channel is seems really stupid for the person to get copyrighted for their own content.

[G]

Ya know the whole Copyright Infringement bullshit is getting out of hand when you see a recording artist have there channel taken down. This isn't dumb. Its beyond retarded is what it is. Seriously, this shit needs to stop.

[Matthias Marlfox]

Yeah, the whole idea of copyright is so others can't take your work and claim it as their own. If you put up your own work and it's taken down due to copyright, that's just messed up on so many levels.