[Ansil849]

> If 1000 big youtubers put $100/month toward an association or union of some kind, they could afford a $100,000/month legal team to combat this.

Millionaire youtubers can already afford high-priced lawyers if they want to, I'm not worried about that.

Who I am worried about are regular people who create content but don't have large followers and don't make to it to the frontpage of HN, but still get hit by copyright trolls.

[PostOnce]

Stronger men can carrier bigger guns, but no one man is stronger than an army.

The rich still benefit from organization.

Also, an organization may have legal standing where an individual does not, and can then deploy their lawyer-army. Where an individual has to wait for an issue to personally affect them, the organization will almost always have at least one affected member and can therefore keep up the pressure constantly, and eventually perhaps make the internet a better place.

[xwdv]

Guerrilla viet congs obliterated the powerful United States Army so never underestimate small arms.

[pc86]

What is your point?

They're saying that individual, successful/rich/"powerful" YouTubers can defend themselves against these spurious claims already, but that by organizing they would be even more well equipped, at less personal cost, and also make it possible for smaller creators to also defend themselves (with even less cost).

None of that has anything to do with any Vietcong analogy I can think of.

[brigandish]

Surely that was implied already.

[masswerk]

I think, Fran has been quite public regarding her economic struggles. While maybe popular to some audiences, she is certainly not a millionaire. On the other hand, cases like this provide publicity to the very problem that is haunting many and provide a broader perceptible platform for these concerns.

Edit: Maybe I've misinterpreted your comment, but I stand to the importance of publicity that may be lent by such cases.

[thr0wawayf00]

Seriously, how many versions of this very video get made that don't ever reach a broad audience? That is truly some Black Mirror s*** right there.

[majormajor]

You could set up a union that would represent even those who couldn't pay in as much. After all, they might be the big money-makers in the future.

(Though in practice, it probably wouldn't be everyone - see the differences in how well-protected major- vs minor-league baseball players are.)