Geddan Meme Dying?

[Rikkulockhart]

My friend brought this to my attention when her video got muted, along with several others a few days ago:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeaR5...watch_response

Apparently a representative from Victor Entertainment, the Japanese company that owns "Promise," the song used in the popular meme, "Geddan," otherwise known as "Get Down" has been going around and flagging videos since May 2011 and having the audio disabled on claims of "copyright infringement." On September 15th, 5,500 videos were muted, on October 10th, it increased to 6,850, and on November 4, 7,390! Included in the muted videos were several re-posts of the original Geddan.

Ironically, Victor Entertainment didn't bother with videos that had their pitch changed or were posted to Nicovideo (in Japan.) They just took down ones that were in the original key and were on YouTube.

So apparently whoever is going around and muting the Geddan videos doesn't find them funny. If it were an American company, it would be easier to file a complaint with YouTube, but since it's a Japanese company, there's the issue of the language barrier.

Is "Geddan" going to stay alive because of the "pitch shift" or will it end up as a dead meme because of Victor Entertainment's copyright claims?

Your thoughts, VAA members?

[Sukisho]

It's something that happens. It's probably not that they don't find them funny, it's more so of the copyright claim as that's what it's coming up with. A majority of stuff found on Youtube are videos that use music, footage, ect that do not belong to the poster. So of course the company, being in america, japan or where ever, who does hold the rights may take an action against it.

Really though does it matter much, Memes die off all the time, be it in the people that started them or just the people who never cared. I for one have never heard of this one, as they come in ridiculous numbers that you'd really have to have too much time on your hands to keep up with all of them.

[Ovarku]

Never heard of it in the first place. Doesn't sound like anything that anyone would miss, excuse my blunt opinion.