StudioCanal "stole" my Raw Deal Trailer Restoration

[bendermac]

They didn't even crop out all of the "Trailer restored by Bendermac" for that one shot, big mistake on their part. What a bunch of asses for using this.

Funny that YT used this shot as a thumbnail option

But as I said before, I noticed my work regardless of the T being visible.

[Doctor M]

Copyright lawsuits aside. It is a criminal offense to download off of YouTube. It doesn't matter who owns the material.
So unless you provided a direct download, they are in violation of U.S. laws and YouTube policy.

They usually don't go after individuals, but the do go after websites and software that do this. If a company download something and sold it? Yeah, I think they'd be pissed.

[Valeyard]

I wouldn't goes as far because I get a ton of copyright claims on posted trailer at my channel. I've never countered them, because they aren't mine. I've asked FT Depot and Denis-Carl what they do with these copyright claims. They do the same: nothing.
But what SC did here is just wrong and disrespectful.

That's just the rightsholder monetising their IP, nothing you can do about that if you're publishing on Youtube as it remains their IP. It doesn't mean they should be using the restoration work of anyone else though on official releases without compensation.

Copyright lawsuits aside.  It is a criminal offense to download off of YouTube.  It doesn't matter who owns the material.
So unless you provided a direct download, they are in violation of U.S. laws and YouTube policy.

No it's not. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/11/gi...abuse-dmca Several lawyers provided commentary on that as well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZITscblMBA

That's US-based lawyer Leonard French who specialises on US copyright law.

[stwd4nder2]

Shame they didn't give you any credit, or at least reach out and give you a thanks.
I wonder if we can get SC to give an official response on the matter.

[dvdmike]

That's a joke

[Serums]

That's terrible. YouTube doesn't take kindly to these kinds of acts.

[wongfeihung]

I would contact them. They might apologise and offer you work on future projects. At least they should give you a copy of the UHD.

[captainsolo]

Ridiculous. It’s already ridiculous that we do the best we can on our own since officials do little to no research or goof things up. Ridiculous that all information and work is done behind closed doors. Ridiculous that even when trying to help we’re usually locked out or treated with hostility-not to mention having to worry about any work done being gone after by owners.

This isn’t the first time somebody took fan materials but it it’s extremely blatant. It’s also not the first time I’ve seen a label literally just take whatever trailer is on YouTube and slap it on a disc. IIRC Shout has done that many times with horribly compressed old trailer files.