How copyright filters lead to wage-theft

A Red Queen’s race with fraudsters.

Cory Doctorow

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Joseph Karl Stieler’s iconic 1820 portrait of Beethoven; Beethoven’s mouth has been covered with a ‘sad Youtube’ icon.

Last week, “Marina” — a piano teacher who publishes free lessons her Piano Keys Youtube channel — celebrated her fifth anniversary by announcing that she was quitting Youtube because her meager wages were being stolen by fraudsters.

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