It's Episode 400 of Virtual Legality! Today we look at a question some have asked in the wake of the "chain letter" like "Community" posts popping up all over YouTube (including on this very channel), designed around exposing a potential weighting problem in the YouTube algorithm as identified by YouTuber - The Spiffing Brit.
But do YouTubers who advance such a post have anything to worry about under the law?
Let's dive in.
We might just have to add "spiffing" to our vocabulary...in Virtual Legality.
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#YouTube #glitch #algorithm
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Discussed in this episode:
"The Youtube Algorithm Glitch (The Secret Youtube Exploit) - YOUTUBE IS A PERFECTLY BALANCED WEBSITE"
YouTube Video - January 25, 2021 - The Spiffing Brit
https://youtu.be/Ej0Kijd4_4Q
The Spiffing Brit Community Page
https://www.youtube.com/c/TheSpiffingBrit/community
YouTube "Terms of Service"
Updated November 18, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/static?template=terms
"Circumvention of copyright protection systems"
17 USC 1201
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/1201
"Introduction to Contract Damages"
California Jury Instructions
https://www.justia.com/trials-litigation/docs/caci/300/350/
"UNLAWFUL CONTRACTS"
California Civil Code Section 1667
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?division=3.∂=2.&lawCode=CIV&title=4.
"NATURE OF A CONTRACT/Conset"
California Civil Code Section 1572
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=1572.
"Damages for Wrongs"
California Civil Code Section 3333
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=CIV&division=4.&title=2.∂=1.&chapter=2.&article=2.
"Exemplary Damages"
California Civil Code Section 3294
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=3294.
"Spam, deceptive practices, & scams policies"
YouTube Community Guidelines
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2801973?hl=en&ref_topic=9282365
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"Virtual Legality" is a continuing series discussing the law, video games, software, and everything digital, hosted by Richard Hoeg, of the Hoeg Law Business Law Firm (Hoeg Law).
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