YouTube White Noise copyright claims test by Sebastian Tomczak A 10 hour video of just white noise has triggered automated copyright claims from several copyright owners who then profit from lending out their supposed intellectual property. Gizmodo comments: "the absurdity of someone claiming ownership of a bunch of frequencies with equal intensity playing simultaneously—that’s all white noise is—clearly illustrates just how beyond broken YouTube’s automated copyright system really is."
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