Sigh...

So it likely won't be posted until tomorrow, but I've run into a bit of a problem with the Bioshock 2 content. Like the first game, it has music in it that is copyright protected. Really great for immersion...really terrible for LPs. YouTube picks up on it and then companies like SME and UMG swing their weight around and suddenly my videos are blocked in multiple countries for something I have no control over (unless I want to completely turn music off). It's bad enough that companies like Nintendo are leeching money off of Let's Play videos and content (cause they obviously need more millions to add to their billions), but then music publishers come along and say mmmm we want a piece of that, or just slam the doors in producer's faces. There's already a number of my videos that these people are making money off of (I don't monetize and likely never will), as little as it is, and some of them I've discovered make claims on content in videos that they have no ownership of to make money off of them. Joke's on all of you! My view counts are low! Enjoy the 2 cents you're going to make (assuming any of my viewers don't actually have ad blocker).

I make no money, at all, on my videos. I do this for myself, to improve my skills, to have some laughs, and to have fun. I do the requests, I do collabs, but really why I keep doing this is because it's a great way to communicate my interests and ideas, especially to people I know. Even if those interests and ideas are limited to cussing at a screen for several hours. When I use music in my videos, or record a game, I am doing it solely to entertain (whether I accomplish that or not is another matter entirely). So you can imagine how frustrating it is to have my content blocked, because big music is butthurt about the minuscule money they're missing out on. I really don't mind the copyright claims and I generally accept them. These people put effort into the production of their music and deserve to be compensated for it. That said, I highly doubt the actual artists see any of this money in the long run (please correct me if I'm wrong, experts), especially when things are claimed like THREE HUNDRED YEAR OLD SYMPHONIES. I'm pretty sure Mozart and Beethoven are fair use guys. Lastly, just like LPs of games, use of music in videos can sometimes lead to viewers listening to more of that artist's music or even buying albums. For instance, I learned about and started listening to Imagine Dragons because of an Assassin's Creed music video I watched.

Somewhat angry rant aside, I will remind all my viewers who read this that I do have a public drive with content that is blocked in one or more countries on YouTube. Feel free to view and download that content at your leisure. The link is here as well as under the title at the top of the page. I will be removing the track in Bioshock 2 part 6 (hopefully this doesn't mess up the quality of the video too much, but if it does I plan on uploading the blocked parts to the public drive anyway). Just a heads up in case you are wondering why there is no audio around the 6 minute mark.