YouTube shut down one of Blizzard’s YouTube channels for a shocking 40 minute period of time today as the result of alleged copyright violations. Yep, you read that right. The Irvine California based gaming company’s World Championship Series StarCraft YouTube channel was suspended for violating their own copyright by posting content that they actually created.
Chance Glasco, one of the co-founders of Infinity Ward and creators of the Call of Duty franchise, has claimed that Activision once pressured the studio to include an invasion of Israel by Iran.
Blizzard reveals plans to speed up Diablo releases with more frequent expansions and updates as the franchise moves toward a live-service future.
All I want is a physical disc release of remastered D2 that doesn't require online check-ins.
I've lost complete interest. Too much FOMO with seasons as it is, now it's expansions? No thanks.
what fomo? everything gets reset each season and you start new characters unless you're playing on the regular servers and then you're already maxxed anway and just need to participate in the new season stuff.
i played only during launch and i found the ones in that battlepass to be absolute dogwater, the only ones that looked somewhat cool were the paid ones in the store and i wont bother with either. The game itself was just so hollow, there were no cool builds cause every synergy was just "x or y skills does more dmg or has this extra effect" almost no experimentation needed, couldnt give a rats ass about armor if the core of the game is boring af.
A strong majority of quality assurance workers at Blizzard’s Albany and Austin locations overwhelmingly voted to ratify a union contract at Microsoft, ensuring lasting protections in the workplace.
Wow, seriously? These takedowns are getting a bit ridiculous.
yeah the content id system works perfectly.
end sarcasm mode.
not like this is the first time.
Naughty Dog had one of their videos taken down.
viacom made a claim because they aired the awards show that the trailer first showed and their automated bots flagged NDs video without anybody checking it, and youtube took it down, without anybody checking it.
http://www.themarysue.com/v...
and i'm sure there have been a few singer who've had their music IDed and taken down from their own channels.
the fact is, youtube's content id system is broken, but they refuse to do anything about it.
it misses tons of actual piracy and it is abused by many to censor criticism.
games publisher are fond of that tactic.
Wow, thats a bit rediculous.
They should ditch the automatic removal system and have a manual check system with penaltys for false claims.
Ex, A studio can make a specific report to youtube for the video they want taken down, the video is then temporarily taken down for a couple business days while Youtube investigates the claim. If the claim is deemed legitimate, the video is permanently removed. If it is deemed illegitimate, the company or individual that made the report should be banned completely from Youtube if they have their own channel, and all future copyright claims from them should be ignored outright. If they want to get their access and report ability with Youtube back, they have to pay a $1000 fee to Youtube which is then split 50/50 between Youtube for the time spent investigating a false claim and to the victim of the false report (video uploader). There should also be a permanent record of all false claims and the fee for reinstatement should double for every 3 false reports. Ex, $1000, $2000, $4000, $8000, etc.