The Weekly Update for January 7

Hey guys, Cdog here. Here is the Weekly Update for the week of January 7 (technically 5th, but other updates will be on Sunday rather than Tuesday). Here are some stuff that are going to go down for the rest of the week:

So in the matter of videos, at least 2 more episode of Civilization V will be released before I have to record more. The reason is that Civ V takes a lot of my hard drive space so I can only record so much per session before having to stop. The cropping problem with the videos, I'm still unsure. I'll look into it and try to fix it. Other than Civ V, I may record some Minecraft stuff this week concerning about Project Ares, most likely with the new map rotations I may be playing to show off each new map. So overall:

Jan 8: Let's Play Civilization V Episode 3
Jan 9: Let's Play Civilization V Episode 4
Jan 10: Minecraft Project Ares Episode 24?

The next piece of news is an unfortunate one for me. Over the past few weeks or so, I ran into problems with YouTube's copyright system. I know this has been complained about over and over, but I never gave my thoughts on it. I have really never had a problem with copyright before, but recently I started to get copyright notices concerning about some of the music in my videos, specifically the 2 Civ V let's plays I uploaded. I had the sound turned up to around 70%, which is my mistake, so it was easily heard, and the copyright system caught the music as some others own music. I feel it's unfair to just notice me on it, even if it's not claimed or removed. I believe I have the right to upload these videos with the actually sound, considering it is the game's actually music. I think it's bull crap the game's music can be copyright in my video, considering the game uses music by others anyway. I understand they have permission, but why do I need permission to record with the game's sound? I want to use it so the entire video doesn't have to be me just talking to myself, and it's rather boring without sound either. Minecraft, I can live without. I play the game without sound constantly, but without it in Civ V is boring. Especially since why would they care what a 15-year old high schooler would upload? That's just being desperate. I'm not even making money off this video, so why does it matter? That is just my issue, I hope none of you are experiencing anything like that.

Anyway, see you some other time!

~Cdog