Evidently Youtube wants me to take this down, because of course a 4 year old dancing to a McDonald’s happy meal song (that was included with a happy meal) is too much for the copyright holder to handle.
I got him his happy Meal at Mcdonalds, the copyright notice is coming from “Razor and tie”, and the notice is being delivered to me via Google owned Youtube.
Below you will see screenshots of the notices, then below is the video. You’ll notice that this is complete BS.
Don’t worry Google / Youtube and McDonalds, we’ll take the video down.. .but not before the world sees how much of a jerk you people are.
And this is the video… (note volume is somewhat loud)..
Sorry McDonalds and Youtube, we’ll make sure not to film our kids playing with your happy meals again.
I don't know how this could be misconstrued for copyright infringement. There's no McDonald's logo, you're not advertising McD's food without consent, it's a home video of a kid dancing to a music video that happened to be bought at McDonalds…With how much flack McD's has gotten over the years, you'd think they'd enjoy some positive press, even if it wasn't approved by them.
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This is complete BS … and it needs to be exposed for what it is.
It's not McDonald's that is giving you grief, it's Razor & Tie — they own the master of the song in the video. Typical bush-league reaction by record label (and possibly the publisher of the song) who don't understand the value of someone being so into your product that they innocently put something out there showing their love of the song as it was done by Razor & Tie's Kidz Bop Kidz.
Morris, all I am saying is I wanted to show my family all over the country the 36 second spot of my kid dancing to a McDonald's happy meal… next thing I know I am getting take down notices…. I don't care who sent in the take down notice.. all I care about is the fact that it came in a happy meal for my kid to dance to… and clearly I am not allowed to record him dancing to his McDonald happy meal song.This in effect is like the RIAA going nuts…. the 36 second spot isn't even a complete song.. it's him dancing to a happy meal song… I completely surrender….
Two misunderstandings here, one more important than the other:1. Most people don't understand copyright law, and this is probably an actual violation, unless it counts as parody. I am not sure about artistic derivative, so that could be an out, too. But the *general* idea is you can't post work other people's copyrighted work without permission. You've done that. Your video contains someone's copyrighted work (the song/video) and you don't have permission to do that.2. McDonald's and their partners are misunderstanding the social media realm. Uses like yours are clearly not damaging and could even promote the brand in positive ways. They're missing a clear opportunity for goodwill here and furthermore damage themselves by demonstrating unfriendly practices.So, yeah, you are wrong, technically, but it's up to McDonald's/Razor & tie to handle it appropriately.
If they want to be jerks, let 'em. Take the kid to Burger King.
Then why did they include a CD with kids music in his happy meal if I'm not allowed to record him dancing to it?
“Then why did they include a CD with kids music in his happy meal if I'm not allowed to record him dancing to it?”Because it's an advertising gimmick? And you are allowed to record him dancing to it, but when you uploaded the recording to YouTube, you ran the risk of infringing Razor and Tie's copyrights.It's not a pretty situation, but it's the reality of life (especially thanks to the DMCA). You want to change the situation? Help by educating both yourself and your friends/family on copyright, why it's become a horrible mess, and why it needs reform.
Just FYI…Razor and Tie was founded and it is currently owned (I believe) by 2 lawyers. That's why you are having this problem.Lawyers should rot in hell.
I think it's complete madness not to allow a 4 year old to be recorded dancing where I can put it on youtube so our family all over the country can see him.This is garbage, and the rules are the problem…. this should never be even considered copyright infringement.This is a case where I personally feel the rules are the problem, not the solution. No one is gonna “rip that music off” and spread the 30 second video over P2P …. 1 – The song isn't that good… it just made a 4 year old happy for 30 seconds… and he never asked to hear it again.2 – these people are mad, it's a complete mess, this is a classic example where the law should be made illegal.
“This is a case where I personally feel the rules are the problem, not the solution.”Yes, that's what I said. The current state of copyright law means that situations like this can happen (and will happen again in the future). If you want to fix the problem? Lobby for change/reform for copyright laws. Educate friends and family about this. Speak out about this sort of thing happening (as you've done here, and for which I applaud you) when it happens to you.
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Want to know the real kick-in-the-pants. IF (big if) YouTube's privacy policy was like Facebook's, McDonald's could use your video and make millions – and you paid them.Razor & Tie paid big money to make the song, McDonald's paid big money for the rights and distribution and you paid $5 for a Happy Meal and gave away the song. I and millions of YouTube users thank you for the free song (albeit 30 seconds). The point is I don't have to pay $5 for a Happy Meal to hear the song. I don't have to pay anything to be advertised to by McDonald's or Razor & Tie. I can play your video to my kids and watch them dance for free.I agree with the other comments. If McDonald's was a little more social media savvy they'd have a video contest and show consumers consuming their products. (See 1vs100 on Xbox avatar dance contest.)
Want to know the real kick-in-the-pants. IF (big if) YouTube's privacy policy was like Facebook's, McDonald's could use your video and make millions – and you paid them.Razor & Tie paid big money to make the song, McDonald's paid big money for the rights and distribution and you paid $5 for a Happy Meal and gave away the song. I and millions of YouTube users thank you for the free song (albeit 30 seconds). The point is I don't have to pay $5 for a Happy Meal to hear the song. I don't have to pay anything to be advertised to by McDonald's or Razor & Tie. I can play your video to my kids and watch them dance for free.I agree with the other comments. If McDonald's was a little more social media savvy they'd have a video contest and show consumers consuming their products. (See 1vs100 on Xbox avatar dance contest.)
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buddy you just lost millions, you gave them the idea , all they have to do is use a different song with a bunch of kids inside a daycare jumping around jajaa wait let me stop before I get sewed also jeje