YouTube Copyright School (Happy Tree Friends)

YouTube Copyright School is a lecture video starring the cast of mh:besttvshows:Happy Tree Friends teaching users about copyright law in the United States and YouTube's policies on the subject.

Plot
The new Lumpy and the Lumpettes movie has been released in theaters, and Russell can't wait to see it. He uses his iPhone to record the movie, but an usher scolds him that he is "stealing somebody else's content." A lecturer tells Russell about the dangers of copyright infringement, letting him know that he could get sued and banned from YouTube. The offscreen lecturer also teaches Russell about the law of copyright.

Why It Needs to Get Killed

 * 1) This video is considered to be very outdated nowadays. Although YouTube copyright was still a very annoying issue in 2011, YouTube has changed a lot since then and many features have been changed and removed over the years. Making this video pretty much useless, for the most part.
 * 2) It contains notable errors and false claims.
 * 3) * Lumpy forgets to source his video while sending a copyright strike to Russell's copy of the video. This would cause Lumpy's claim to get rejected.
 * 4) * Takedown requests are not fast, as they sometimes take a few days to a week for the video to get taken down.
 * 5) * There are many videos that people record in the theater for movie clips and opening logos before the movie comes out to spoil the movie before it goes to DVD. Plus, YouTube barely bothers to remove them.
 * 6) * How can sending a counter-claim end up shutting down your computer?
 * 7) Happy Tree Friends is not a good teaching source to talk about copyright.
 * 8) Russell somehow doesn't die from getting crushed by the copyright law card or getting attacked by the piranhas. This misses the entire point of a series known for its violent content.
 * 9) * Since this video was likely aimed at an audience younger than the usual Happy Tree Friends demographic, this could be justified.
 * 10) Ironically enough, YouTube didn't even credit the creators of Happy Tree Friends for the animation or Mondo Media, their production company, which makes YouTube hypocritical for breaking their own rules.
 * 11) Despite being faithful, the animation is a slight downgrade from the vanilla show.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Russell learns his lesson at the end and has to create his video where he sings an original song while juggling.
 * 2) Despite being as terrible as it is, it at least has good intentions to teach people about the danger of copyright infringement.
 * 3) The animation from the original show is decent, despite the flaw on WIS#6.

Reception
"YouTube Copyright School" was panned even by fans of the show, and holds a 3.4/10 rating on IMDB. In his "Animated Atrocities" review of the video, The Mysterious Mr. Enter claims that "it is like the Annoying Orange talking about bullying, and YouTube is just using [the Happy Tree Friends] for their innocent designs."

Trivia

 * A portion of the clip was featured on Nighttime with Stossel in the episode "It's My Idea". After showing a clip, host John Stossel remarks: "Sounds like you will get punished if people complain to you that you are stealing their content."

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