Kyria's journal

I was going through my youtube videos of my student recitals, and two of them have the sound muted due to copyrighted material. I searched for options on youtube on what to do, and one of the options is filing a claim. I claim that my video is 'fair use'. The owner of the music then has a chance to check the video and agree or disagree.

Most of this is automated btw, I can't imagine someone watching all those videos front to back and giving a well thought over response. What happened next?

I got a strike. Basically the owner of the song (an old recording of Bastaa anaak) refused my claim, and youtube suspended my 'good reputation'. This means I had to go to copyright school: watch a video and answer a couple of questions about copyright. Some of the features of my account are frozen, like earning income through ads. Didn't use that one anyway so that doesn't make me sad. But it is inconvenient because other options that I do use are not available either.

The status of my account will remain this way for six months, after which I will be reinstated as a person of good behavior. Unless I get more strikes, that's when youtube can decide to pull the plug on my account and remove all my video's. I have one more request pending, let's hope that one will not turn into a strike.

The gothic BDSM scene from the gothic bellydance dvd is placed online, together with Jehan's motivation. Check it out on the hip circle:
http://www.thehipcircle.com/article/display.asp?ArticleID=201

I'm turning into a serious youtube addict. I stayed up untill 2.00 last night, watching clips of Tarkan, other turkish popstars like sertab erener, and clips from Ruslana. Thanks to the eurovision song contest, I wonder what Turkey entered this year.

Ruslana mixes popmusic with Ukranian folk, a very explosive mix at times. The fur and leather costumes really work for me, perhaps because I like elfquest so much :) Maybe I could do a dance as a novelty act, fusing russian gypsy dance, some ukranian moves and oriental bellydance together. The music just makes me want to get up and dance!

Despite the fact that Tarkan is a bit creepy to me, his clips are amusing and fun to watch. And he does have pretty eyes. He's a bit to slick for my taste, I like my men ragged. If you want to watch, go to www.youtube.com and type the desired artist in the search option. There are alos a lot of great bellydance clips, including ocntestants in a Russian bellydance contest whhit a lot of good dancers.