i've been running a vlog for a few months, now. back in november, i was filming myself walking through downtown detroit - it was just meant to get an ambient concept of my living conditions. i happened to walk by a bar that was playing beat it, in the background. totally accidental. yet, sony claimed the entire video and wouldn't budge on it. i had no desire to fight it, so i just reuploaded with the section cut out.

but, think about the ramifications. suppose you're recording a conversation of you and a friend in a bar, and your camera picks up the radio. it would seem that the rights holder for the song on the radio would take over monetization for the entire video - regardless of how inconsequentially background it is.

there's no algorithm for copyright law. they need to have people involved.

i just quit smoking, but this video has caused me to reconsider. cats are the greatest cancer upon the planet. so, the idea that smoking may eliminate cats from the internet is the best pro-smoking argument that i've heard, yet.

but, seriously: blocking all cats from the internet is a worthwhile goal. i don't even mind spam, much, compared to cats. if somebody could at least figure out a firefox add-on called catblock, we'd be getting somewhere. and that would actually be relatively simple, if we could convince the purveyors of feline idiocy to tag their cancer properly. but, that's not likely, because the people that post pictures of their glorified rodents tend to have absolutely no respect for others.

16-02-2016: getting out of the house (disappears in detroit)

concert footage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYm9Tu1qxPk

review:
http://dghjdfsghkrdghdgja.appspot.com/categories/shows/2016/02/16.html

tracks worked on in this vlog:
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/period-1

16-02-2016: disappears - another thought (detroit)

their music:
http://www.disappearsmusic.com/

vlog for the day:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMOfs5acwqM

review:
http://dghjdfsghkrdghdgja.appspot.com/categories/shows/2016/02/16.html