People need to stop complaining about Article 13

Hi, so recently there's this thing called

Article 13, which is some kind of new law

that was passed by the EU, and people have

been asking me if it would affect my

YouTube channel. And the simple answer is

I don't think it would affect me at all

because I don't use copyright material,

and if you don't use copyright material,

then you don't really have anything to

worry about. So what is Article 13? It's

basically some kind of law that's supposed

to prevent people from using content that

they don't have permission to use or they

don't own the copyright to. And as you can

imagine, a lot of YouTubers are whining

about it because it means that they can't

use their precious little clips of memes

and movies and video games and other

things that they want to put in their

videos that they didn't make. Everyone's

talking about this Article 13 as if it's

gonna break the internet and ruin

everything and bring all this censorship

and the internet will never be like it was

before and it's the end of the world,

boohoo. Give me a tissue. But I honestly

don't really understand what the big

problem is. It's a pretty easy thing to

counter. If you want to make content on

YouTube and you don't want to be affected

by this Article 13 thing, then just don't

use copyrighted material. How about, you

know, you make your own stuff? If you're a

content creator, that means you're

supposed to create your own content, not

use or steal other people's content and

then try and make money off it. I think

the main demographic of YouTubers who are

complaining or worried about this are

those You know those stupid commentary

channels? I hate them. You get those

commentary channels like ImAlexx or

Pyrocynical, or these other smaller ones

like Darth Vader or Toon. Toon is a, is a,

uh, it's a pretty sad situation. He put a

community post up where he said basically

all of his videos got copyright claimed by

this musician because he used 5 seconds of

their song at the beginning of his video.

And he thought he'd be safe because it was

fair use. And it just makes me wonder,

how hard is it to just, you know, not use

copyright material? YouTube has an entire

audio library with thousands and thousands

of songs that you can use for free that

have no copyright. Yeah, they're not as

good as proper music or professionally

made music, but then you don't have to

worry about copyright stuff, do you? You

don't have to worry about your videos

getting claimed by some artist or

musician's company. Another YouTube

channel that I can think of that would get

totally screwed by this is I Hate

Everything, because pretty much all of his

videos are 100% just

clips of movies and video games and stuff

that he didn't make. And if Article 13 is

gonna prevent people from using stuff

that's copyrighted that they don't have

permission to, then I don't know how he

would continue making videos. I guess, I

guess he would just have to speak to

something else while something else is

playing in the background. Like I said

before, I just don't understand why it's

so difficult for certain YouTubers to just

not use copyright material. I have another

YouTube channel where I do vlogs on, and I

don't use anything that's copyrighted.

It's all 100% my own creations, my own

things that I've filmed or drawn or put

together, or it's just copyright-free

stuff that I've taken from the YouTube

audio library. It's not difficult to not

use copyright material, and I don't really

know why everyone's moaning and fussing

and crying over this situation. I don't

really think it's that big of a crisis. I

remember a few years ago everyone was

making a big fuss over this thing called

net neutrality. I didn't even understand

what that was about, but apparently it's

supposed to be similar to Article 13 but

maybe not as bad. Everyone was saying,

oh, net neutrality is going to be the end

of the internet as we know it, please sign

this petition, everyone needs to oppose

it, and then I don't even know what

happened to it at the end. It's just like

everyone forgot that it even existed and

nothing came, came of it. And I think the

same is going to be— the same thing is

going to happen with this Article 13.

Millions and millions of people signed a

petition to oppose it, and the EU just

basically ignored all those people and

said, fuck you, we're going to do it

anyway. So there's not really any more—

there's no point fussing or crying over it

anymore because it's done, it's passed.

The EU have made their decision and

Apparently, they don't care what millions

of people think about it. If they don't

care if they're upsetting millions of

people, they're just gonna do it anyway.

So what are we supposed to do? How about

just stop using copyright material? Then

you don't have to worry about it. Easy

peasy, problem solved. I can kind of

understand why artists, musicians, or big

companies would be for this Article 13

thing, because if you imagine you made

something and then other people were using

the thing that you made and they were

making money off of your own creation or

your work, wouldn't you be a little bit

pissed off? I know that If someone started

downloading my videos and made their own

channel and started making money off of my

content, I'd be pretty annoyed, and I'd be

doing a Content ID match, and I'd be

copyright striking them because I don't

want people making money off of my stuff.

So I don't understand why people are so

upset with the fact that they won't be

able to use copyrighted material anymore.

Why do people think that they are entitled

to be able to make money off of someone

else's creations just because they only

used 10 seconds of it or only 5 seconds of

it? It's kind of like, imagine you wanted

to start your own restaurant, but you

weren't very good at cooking, so you

started pinching ingredients and recipes

from McDonald's and Burger King, and then

you expect that McDonald's and Burger King

would be okay with that and they wouldn't

retaliate in some way. Of course they

would. They don't want people using their

secret recipes or their creations. And if

you're gonna make your own channel, then

you should be making your own stuff and

not pinching other things from other

people that you didn't make. I think it's

pretty simple, and I don't really have a

problem with Article 13 actually, as long

as YouTube doesn't close its services down

in, in Europe, then I'm not really losing

any sleep over this.