Why Are So Many Cops Blasting Music While Being Filmed?

We've become accustomed to seeing members of the public use their cell phones to film police officers on duty. Now, we're starting to see cops pull out theirs, but it isn't to record. They're playing copyrighted music in an apparent attempt to exploit copyright filters. Dexter Thomas explains.
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[@GrievingForGrace]

Man, the future is way weirder then I ever imagined it would be.

[@bettycocker2226]

yeah these hairdos are getting out of hand

[@Tech-cy9yo]

Being a cop seems like hell

[@DigitalArtisan77]

@@bettycocker2226 lol know your eras do's then, nothing new these days, only forgot then recycled. KZbin "kid n play house party" 🤣🤣

[@oakstream6041]

Only to get way more insane

[@TJGermany]

the future is now, old man

[@trerobinson779]

As a black man, my greatest fear is getting stomped out to Taylor Swift

[@trerobinson779]

@@vasiovasio lol thanks so much, friend.

[@hillandrewdavid]

Cause the haters gonna hate hate hate hate

[@puppydogg9872]

That would be fun....to watch🙂

[@at.7417]

Police: cause darling I'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream.....

[@JohnWick-sl6xy]

As a white man #metoo

[@MrDamakable]

imagine you're trying to record a police and suddenly they rick roll you

[@bagmandan7107]

😭😭😭

[@danmystro]

"Understandable, have a good day."

[@ezralimm]

if i were police that's the only song i'll ever use.

[@icarusunited]

When you fight fire with fire, but the fire pulls out a fire extinguisher so you decide to ban all fire extinguishers

[@moonshinetheleocat1235]

Best comment yet XD

[@odyssey.studios]

What a weird world we live in right now.

[@missnucci2696]

💯

[@juicyparsons]

Yeah I hate it here

[@kieranbrentnall3291]

@Qᴜɪᴄᴋ Sᴀɴᴅ same something big needs the happen

[@arvin4837]

bro, america is not the world.

[@kieranbrentnall3291]

@@arvin4837 true but its like the Capital for the west Society

[@CM-en3hr]

Can you imagine a cop chase while hearing Taylor swift. I think it would bring the community together.

[@lonelyburger2995]

Lmao 😂

[@vengeancewillbemine3440]

🤣 becomes a ammeter music video

[@daytimestudios3678]

ROFL

[@TheOnlyTaps]

😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@rontibm1621]

"Its gonna go down in flames" 😅

[@Complete_Stranger7050]

Imagine getting pulled over by a cop then rick roll start playing

[@RSG_TheMonster]

That would be the worst feeling ever

[@danmystro]

The cop is Rick

[@VozrozhdeniyaIsland1]

Imagine cops shooting your dogs to "Who Let the Dogs Out".

[@lambdalambdalambda257]

Imagine .... People not saying imagine then following it up by an idiotic scenario.

[@darkusandtoast2207]

@@lambdalambdalambda257, imagine, by making a comment, I became cool/popular

[@Fo4assaultriflefan92]

Aft

[@MMRRSasuke]

@@darkusandtoast2207 ?? you good?

[@killion970]

And what if they shot to the beat of the song

[@kurdaitcha5806]

America really do be like an ongoing comedy series

[@someshiuknonunabout]

is rhis funny to u?

[@waffelo4681]

@@someshiuknonunabout kinda yea

[@bhagat6127]

@@someshiuknonunabout absolutely!

[@kurdaitcha5806]

@@someshiuknonunabout Yes.

[@kurdaitcha5806]

@4one14 Ongoing comedy series.

[@Sheldonmiranda07]

Imagine a cop playing: Woop-woop! That's the sound of da police Woop-woop! That's the sound of da beast

[@MOJOverseManny]

😂 I would be a super troll if I were a cop.

[@shakmp4]

@S P H I N X no im pretty sure its not

[@Acord718]

Bad boys lol

[@turboturd7954]

@@Acord718 Cop Killer!

[@willquick5090]

Hootie hoo

[@zjhawson7921]

*gets pulled over* Cop starts playing Riding Dirty

[@zhongxena1155]

This deserves more likes lol

[@damaribrackett1159]

🤣🤣🤣this and so many more comments like this

[@rebeccayoder8807]

Everyone should do this when they don’t want to be an unwilling person in a viral video. Copywriten music would not have stopped justice in the Eric garner case. Any death of suspect would warrant the little effort to strip music from the video. Silent video would have led to conviction.

[@Zincmentomint]

Exactly

[@sebastiang7394]

Right and it’s not like the original with sound doesn’t exist anymore when you record and can’t be watched or voiced over by news organisations. I’m not a big fan of the police and it’s good that cameras now have revealed some of the misuse that is happening but a lot of these “auditors” are just harassing people and are proving trouble to create viral content. No need to support that.

[@kilarker1538]

this is my daily dose of american problems my country doesnt have.

[@lukav3509]

agreed

[@JustWilson]

Facts

[@frosty_mentos1238]

same

[@jamess3109]

Or your country actually has it but they dont tell you

[@hunterflowerson4460]

@@jamess3109 Or you’re in denial that some problems are unique to/way worse in the US than most developed nations

[@TheAllianceEnt]

Imagine having your door kicked in to Barney's theme song.

[@BenitoiteBaTiSi]

i could only imagine thomas the dank engine song kicks in, while they breaking into my house lol

[@midnighteclipsed2738]

@@BenitoiteBaTiSi i wont even mad if that happen xD. but in return imma blast USSR earrape

[@MythSpeed]

@@BenitoiteBaTiSi i would love for that to happen heck id even let them take my possession

[@tenfour000]

For the kids.

[@joseescobedo7899]

😂😂😂

[@tykyfoster461]

Hey cops play "freebird." That will definitely stop the feed

[@papafrankupleasereturn4225]

The cop reading your commend rn: "Write that down, Write that down"

[@elnene4489]

Getting hit up by the law to some" Baby shark" would be terrible dodododo

[@alansolares9203]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@raymondvasquez2545]

Dave Chappelle warned about getting beat to a soundtrack, "WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT!"

[@pcd1377]

*"I'm .... sorry, officer, I.... didn't know I couldn't do that."*

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Vote Black Bush 2024

[@jayhernandez9395]

"I'm a little high..."

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[@Justamanandhisdogthor]

hahaha Raymond, you the man for reminding us all about that hilarious line from Chappelle 🤣🤣

[@nickgehr6916]

Lesson learned: "if you have sex tape, put Disney soundrack on it. If it's leaked on internet, disney will copystrike it and take it down"

[@agentsquid9079]

@RED Mercury Gaston’s song

[@bitelaserkhalif]

@RED Mercury Mickey Mouse March Eurobeat version

[@jodyin795]

My playlist: The Bare Necessities, Jungle Book Kiss the Girl, Little Mermaid Try Everything, Zootopia Can You Feel the Love Tonight, Lion King How Far I'll Go, Moana Almost There, The Princess and the Frog Go the Distance, Hercules You're Welcome, Moana

[@MMXX_CE]

@RED Mercury Be prepared

[@sixpest]

"This is a form of stopping free speech" ah what do you think youtubers have been trying to tell you for the past 800 thousand years.

[@jakeman025]

I bet a small breeze could blow you over with ease.

[@2_girls_1_johnson68]

life must be hard being such a little bi***

[@callsign_blu3153]

i like how no one can respond to this with an actual reason they would need to use this tactic that is not with the most ill intent of the public in mind. If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear if you see something, say something. Is that not what we are told time and time again? "Oh but do not say something *this time* because it makes things difficult for them. only say something when its convenient for both the public and officers comfort. do not stir the pot."

[@sixpest]

@@callsign_blu3153 I can its called "Interference with an Officer" All they asked of you is to step back there is no need to put yourself in danger and them by being in the way and also being a possible threat to them. (no one knows who you are.) Go film across the street or IDK like they asked you and take a few steps back. Cameras have a zoom feature for a reason you know.

[@camdenwhitman8988]

ya this whole idea seems absurd and that it wouldnt work loli feel like they play the music to ignore the person talking and 99% of cops have body cams and if anything it should be a problems the corporations should fix the cops just exploiting them

[@BlowWord.]

Maybe we’ll all just turn our music up when pulled over & say they misunderstood when we go to court

[@deejai1173]

Lol I don’t recommend that… You know what’s likely to happen…

[@BlowWord.]

@@deejai1173 Aaaaand you’re highlighting the problem .

[@vegashotboi2151]

The guy asked “are we having a dance party now” 😂😂

[@AwesomeBlackDude]

The real question ought to be what the Biden administration is doing about that. Instead, Vice President Kamala Harris gave them an additional $1 billion budget. Yes, of course, these are the genuine progressives. 😅

[@ethandaniel8123]

@@AwesomeBlackDude Trump was worse than Biden tho idgaf.

[@AwesomeBlackDude]

@@ethandaniel8123 That is true, but what exactly did Joe Biden do for the minority community, or better still, for the white community? More importantly, what has Biden has done for hard-working Americans?

[@AwesomeBlackDude]

@@ethandaniel8123 Joe Biden Calls Out Republicans In Voting Rights Speech kzbin.info/www/bejne/naGxg5abZtuIb8k

[@ethandaniel8123]

@@AwesomeBlackDude idk bro you could be 100% right I don’t pay much attention to politics that much even though I probably should. All I know is I’m just happy Trump is out of office lol.

[@complainielainie]

Imagine “Yesterday” playing while you get gassed and shot at. Dystopian af

[@Albert-th9hs]

Did you see them gassing and shooting anyone?

[@jojoohyeah4761]

@@Albert-th9hs did u see the “imagine”?

[@mintyfresh569]

I'm imagining it but hoping it'll never happen.

[@jam4955]

you ever just riot and loot and don’t expect any consequences.

[@matthewsmith5374]

@@jam4955 they were doing that to peaceful protesters also.

[@deltasquad8817]

Cops passively aggressively playing music? BRUTALITY!!!!!! 🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️

[@Theepicfrenchguy]

They should be playing Nintendo related song, now that would be effective.

[@ollllj]

do not give machiavellans ideas. just ridicule their paranoya

[@dreadhead5719]

Nintendo will sue the footage

[@alexapexgod4643]

@@dreadhead5719 Nintendo will sue the state

[@gilgamesh_interdimentional238]

@@dreadhead5719 Nintendo will sue the comment

[@22bootsy]

Nintendo will sue the platform

[@archipiratta]

It's actually devilishly clever if it weren't for how detrimental it could be

[@UncleHashy]

I think the detriment is what makes it devishly clever

[@rabaanum]

@@UncleHashy lmaooo you said it 😂

[@microfarming8583]

Policd should be allowed to do their job without being livestreamed , they have enough sh*t to deal with. People do not respect the police anymore and its sad and depressing. This idiot presenting the video clearly spends too much time looking in the mirror.

[@Joe-pm7bt]

You can usually clean the audio up in these cases. They're not as clever as they think they are. Edit: Livestreaming I guess is another problem but idk seems a little illegal for a government employee to use music unauthorized knowing it's livestreamed. That's stealing unless they're gonna start paying royalties on those uses.

[@lordmike9384]

@@UncleHashy the video can still be used as evidence in court.

[@papafrankupleasereturn4225]

Do whatever you want, just don't Rick Roll me please!

[@lambdalambdalambda257]

"what if Derek chauvin could stop the world from seeing what he was doing just by turning on the squad car radio?" Yeah because we all know it's impossible to remove music from a video and playing music weakens our ability to see.

[@Valrax]

just gotta increase the cop bad narrative

[@JYMAHJAMES]

Did you miss the entire point of the video? They used copyrighted music to try and prevent videos getting posted online..

[@lambdalambdalambda257]

@@JYMAHJAMES lol. Which sounds ridiculous. First off the person who owns the music is the only person who can claim a copyright. I don't think T Swift is going to help the police. Second if anything actually bad happened do you think it would not still be seen? Stop acting so dumb.

[@lambdalambdalambda257]

@@JYMAHJAMES If a cop beats my ass in public and has Taylor Swift blasting I'm 100% sure it's making it online.

[@lambdalambdalambda257]

@@JYMAHJAMES Simple question. If a cop beats somebody or is doing something horrendous do you actually think "copyrighted background music" is going tp change the popularity of the video? If George Floyd was killed with "Shake it off" in the background do you think NBC is not going to air it. Removing background music or editing sound isn't that difficult. If something happens and it's recorded its going to be seen either way.

[@chuckkissel2785]

As long as the video is saved it can always be used in court. Never stop recording if you feel something may start to go sideways.

[@jfinney225]

the problem is people aren't "recording". they go on Instagram live, Facebook live, or youtube live thinking their video is being automatically broadcasted and/or recorded and saved automatically. only come to find out that your video wasn't broadcasted, or WAS broadcasted but then deleted, because of copyright algorithms. so dumb. so yeah, record, record, RECORD. don't only go live.

[@SAFbikes]

@@jfinney225 well I guess those people are stupid huh? It's almost like... maybe... a lot of these "police the police" people don't actually care and are doing it for add money and the clout from getting views and likes.

[@DCboi51]

@@SAFbikes The thing is it doesn't matter if they are just trying to get clout, it doesn't matter if they just want attention. It doesn't matter if they are being assholes or not. It doesn't matter what anyone thinks about it the law is the law and our rights are our rights. Literally all that matters is the set law, and the constitution.

[@RalphWaldo077]

@@DCboi51 First off the constitution has a bunch of weird laws which no one longer follows. Second what's your point?

[@DCboi51]

@@RalphWaldo077 What's YOUR point, I stated my point. Whether you think it pertains to yhe comment I was responding to or not, I stated my point.

[@mrcpumpkin3698]

America is just a great kindergarten full of 5year olds bullying each other any way they can... 🙃🙃

[@tenfour000]

Anyway, because they can, anyway they can.

[@nataliamartinez3950]

Well said 👏🏻

[@abdiade8382]

On God! Lived Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kenya not seen people who constantly bullying and hate each other than Americans

[@AbuKahn]

Sure if you are willing to be bullied.

[@elijahvalencia3293]

Really? All 330 million of us running this great country? You can always tell when someone is either stupid or doesn't live in the US LOL

[@duanedavid9618]

You can record stuff with the photo/camera app. No YT, FB, Instagram algorithm on your personal phone. One person livestreams and another records offline directly on their phone. Or depending on how powerful your phone is you can probably do both at the same time!

[@5PYZ3R]

In some cases police will take the phone and delete footage, better to record live because it'll be stored on remote servers, but yes

[@WSSRIOTCONTROL]

The reason these people record is to then publish it to social media to spread what's happening. They don't just keep it on their phones for personal use.

[@dougiefresh2789]

@@WSSRIOTCONTROL these people are annoying though, everyone hates these cop auditors

[@properuser]

@@dougiefresh2789 cops are annoying though wth they doing on my private property in middle of night.

[@LuluTheCorgi]

You can't do both on any phone, cameras can only be accessed by one sink at a time Hmmm actually you might be able to record your Screen while streaming to Facebook, but then if the stream goes offline you still have to manually switch to the camera app

[@cruxmind]

All you gotta do is get an audio engineer to take out the background noise and you're good 👍 👌

[@ryanlillie8469]

But then it's been edited.

[@ryanlillie8469]

Thus adding to the "fake news" crowd

[@B20C0]

Yes, that's the right solution, because audio engineers surely love working for free on hundreds of videos of police encounters per day. Or do you think the people filming those videos should pay for their work? Because last time I looked, most police encounters going wrong happen in poor communities.

[@coldpizza1906]

The funny part is that KZbin won’t pull these videos for copyright music because there’s a bunch of background noise and original audio on top of the music. As long as there are ambient noises and people talking, the video won’t get pulled.

[@civicgamessports6937]

“It’s hard to say where all these cops are getting the idea to use music as a weapon” PAUSE Personally I think this topic deserves it’s own video.

[@charlessnortley4519]

Far Right wing conspiracy sites. You see how these white supremacists hide on chat logs. Like its the 1990s

[@Miggy738]

My immediate thought too

[@astralproject4565]

@@charlessnortley4519 You’re thinking too hard. They even covered it in the video lol.

[@yulyasevelova769]

Yes ! Where did the idea catch on with police departments ? It sounds like legal advisors from the government has promoted this latest practice.

[@pojoksahabat1723]

This is what you do if someone want to make money using you in their video

[@BAP3221]

I gotta admit that's smart though. Maybe I will do this if a Karen goes up and films me one day

[@markroberts6926]

Brilliant. It should be illegal to harass cops while they are doing their job.

[@lukenothere1252]

They’re evolving.

[@lindagillespie7684]

you mean devolving

[@sarahqueen9692]

Lmao🤣

[@0ut1and3r]

Everybodys devolving.

[@xtscarfacem8255]

We should too. We will get better at editing videos.

[@rosethesickoLIVE]

just backwards

[@pavels5600]

KZbin may prevent the video from staying online, but it’s still evidence in court against a cop or a criminal in the video.

[@dsguthrie]

Thank you. The only reasonable comment out of a hundred I've read. I've been harassed by cop tons of times, I've also been let off the hook a couple of times too. I've seen cops save lives black ones too

[@thoriqzulkarnain4114]

Btw cant you just talk over the music

[@pavels5600]

@@thoriqzulkarnain4114 I don't know much about it, but copyright laws disallow music to be played on KZbin without paying whoever owns the music. So, KZbin may mute the audio, or maybe delete the whole video.

[@robertocastillo700]

they don’t want to be posted online, if they didn’t want the video to be evidence they would try to destroy the phone.

[@spraggaa42]

at 4:19 he explains the dangers if one was to attempt to use Facebook an Instagram as sort an offsite remote storage by going live cop plays music live gets shutdown an all that recorded evidence suddenly aint there, "might as well not happen"

[@TotesMAGoats69]

Police getting shot everyday but they worried about cops playing music.

[@bktk8]

A camera to a cop is as a crucifix to a vampire

[@indacut3671]

Imagine the cops raiding your house to jellyfish jam

[@Keatoil]

This is just as funny as it is sad- I hate this is happening man

[@josephhertzberg2734]

Don't think a cop that plays music to hide behind copyright algorithm wouldn't subvert your rights in other ways.

[@earnitstew7609]

You said it.

[@JamesBideaux]

I mean I wouldn't want people making a living off following me around recording me.

[@garylew548]

The attorney literally said it's not violating anyone's civil rights.

[@untitled6391]

@@JamesBideaux then don't become a cop

[@farhan007]

@@JamesBideaux if you don't want a job that gives you immense authority where civilians find the need to check on said authority, don't be a cop. You simply aren't qualifed for the job like many current officers.

[@zachary_smith1]

Nothing spells corruption like wanting no one to see what your doing.

[@marlin3999]

I would do the same thing if it meant that the video that I am unwillfuly in is shared online.

[@rubenreyes2895]

This man just said music is a weapon welcome to 2021

[@thegunthershow]

When the pissing contest becomes a stalemate and now everyone is pissed

[@GobyTSB]

its a pisspocalypse!

[@michagabo8819]

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[@huntsgt]

stalepiss

[@jayhollows5729]

@Derek until people find out ways to easily audio engineer the music out of the footage and then it's back to usual

[@xdprsi]

Honestly, play KSI's songs over them, he doesn't copyright them

[@brandonice9137]

Lol so If I play a copyrighted song over another copyrighted song then it just cancels each other out?😂 Sure makes sense lmao

[@jason4275]

No one listen to that garbage.

[@aardeng]

@@brandonice9137 basic algebra 😆

[@2totabon]

@Rene Torres Actually they will flag and tag even with songs playing simultaneously on top of each other you’d have to do something like pitch shifting or even low resolution/bit sampling Tweak that makes the Fidelity just outside the perception of the Al Gore rhythms

[@Luke_05]

@@jason4275 disgusting roadmen do 🤢

[@ImNotCreativeEnoughToMakeUser]

this is really clever, and impressive display of wit, however it's completely unconstitutional considering the officers' intentions.

[@ezralimm]

according to which line in the constitution? The idiots screaming free speech dont even really know what it means or refers to in the constitution. A private provider deciding at will (or for no reason at all) to take down your videos is not an infringement of free speech. You are still free to speak publicly... just not on the private platform (FB / youtube).

[@tek87]

This sounds like something you'd see on Better Call Saul.

[@M3ta1]

How ironic that the Beatles are being played by the police.

[@SwaydeKnutson]

this comment should have way more likes but people don’t understand I guess lol

[@Brett_S_420]

Sublime too! F that cop!

[@email5023]

How is it ironic?

[@grt1769]

@@email5023 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJm8YqtueNWKm6s

[@tyc6268]

@Seagal leftism isn’t anti establishment, it’s pro big government and socialism, which is very much pro establishment.

[@larry_the]

Better question is why can sound fragments hold so much power that they can erase entire videos off of the Internet?

[@eznemo2346]

@Beautifully BLESSED "esotericists" u used without even knowing what the word means lmao damn no its because people who make songs dont want people making money off their own work lmao its not that hard its just u make it 10x more complicated thhen it has to be

[@ragnargunnar2250]

It's a thing called DMCA, not allowing people to post songs without permission from a certain company, which includes any KZbin video even if it's in the background and doesn't intend to distribute the song

[@tranquility6789]

Censorship

[@RevCode]

@@tranquility6789 I don't think that means what you think it does.

[@michaeljackson8390]

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[@jont2576]

i also heard that if u say oooh ahhh eee and the words "audio jungle" loud and clear every 8 seconds,then the copyrighted music's copyright no long applies and u can record and play whatever u want even live stream it.

[@kadenporter5019]

I feel like the simple solution to this problem is to just record interactions on your phone instead of doing it live. if you post the video, and it gets taken down, it won't be deleted from your phone's files. sure, you lose the benefits of the interaction being streamed live, but it insures you always have that video for when you need it. I guess another way of saying it is that you should only record an interaction live if you feel there is an imminent threat coming from police. if it's just them being hard to work with, and you don't see a threat, record it to your phone where you can then post the video later.

[@vespers119]

The reason people record live is because the cops take their phones and delete everything on them.

[@matthewperkins1169]

Cops won’t let you post. They’ll snatch the phone and something will happen to it. You live stream because they will do whatever they need to once the phone is down to get rid of the video

[@I2obiNtube]

@@vespers119 so upload to a cloud service, they're literally free

[@unknownking1543]

People are real fucking dumb they take out their phones for clout and rec majority of the time

[@lockdownface3574]

They Should Have Played “Bad Boy’s” What Ya Gonna Do “When They Come For You”

[@sali1023]

they should change the song " what ya gonna do , when the crooked pigs come after you" thats more accurate

[@Samoyedlover8]

@@sali1023 so much hate from this comment.

[@sali1023]

@@Samoyedlover8 a chinese bootlicker ??? see something new everyday eh ?hahahah

[@Samoyedlover8]

@@sali1023 it’s sad to see you shed your ignorance. It’s Japanese.

[@andrewnorris7642]

Lmao my dad was a pig and would blast that in his vehicle when he underwent a chase

[@youngmasterzhi]

Now if they had one of those speech jammers, then we’re talking about a WHOLE different kind of music to their ears!

[@mjradi4371]

So how does this Vice video not incur one of the three copyright problems given that the music is in this video?

[@EKOANTHONY]

less then five seconds or so is usually okay to have in your video.

[@HoldmyApplejuice]

if i made copyrighted music, the victim who posted on social media can use the music.

[@BobbyCoggins]

I'm sorry, officer, I can't hear you over the music.

[@asdfasdfasdf12]

oops, sorry, Mr. coroner, he was not following my orders, surely armed

[@noobyxd]

@@asdfasdfasdf12 as the country continues to go down the sewer. Touché

[@Christian-pj4vd]

If the video isn't monetized, and its used for speech as part of a new and unique piece of media, an artist probably has no base for copyright damages. Copyright case shouldn't hold up in court so youtube shouldn't really pull these down. The problem is the algo isn't smart enough.

[@KrikZ32]

yep, exactly. It's basically just a flaw in the system right now which police are exploiting

[@alexapexgod4643]

I uploaded 40second video of Drake and it got taken down within two seconds

[@yoshi9358]

Problem is KZbin doesn't want the hassle. They'd rather take down a video than contest a court case

[@GladysAlicea]

@Christian An algorithm is only as smart as the people making it, and we all know what that means.

[@KlobTwit]

@@KrikZ32 dude cops are the flaw in the system lmao

[@wisetekniquez5812]

i love how they all play music to stop filming yet we always see the video no matter what lmfao

[@oceanbreeze1162]

After coming back and looking into it, the "so many" appears to be literally 2.

[@515Endi]

This is tampering more with their body recording device than ours

[@JoeMama-mg5dk]

To be fair, people coming up starting arguments with cops with a thousand people on Live need to be put in check somehow

[@smashbro5]

How so? Cops aren't trying to post their body cam videos on KZbin (as least I don't think they are?). Filming of cops is for collecting evidence if you think they're doing something wrong, not to create content for your KZbin channel.

[@kyalajohnson6547]

@@smashbro5 yeah we know they playing music to get the video recorder a copyright claim

[@kyalajohnson6547]

@@JoeMama-mg5dk that’s bull nobody in this video went up to cops to argue the cops are in the wrong because they are trying to get away with doing wrong and committing misconduct

[@JoeMama-mg5dk]

@@kyalajohnson6547 Just because its not in this video doesn't mean it doesn't happen. Why don't you wise up before commenting? Dp you even know who the lady who had 7 complaints was? Or what she was complaining about?

[@robinhylands69]

Just play Trance 009 Sound System Dreamscape over top of them.

[@michael-m]

Hahahaha

[@bulletprooftiger1879]

Play the Always Sunny theme song. It’s in the public domain.

[@supremelizard946]

Wew'd

[@firmkillernate]

Omg this bright me back like a decade

[@SDSypher]

bodycam footage of a police officer letting a glizzy rip to that 2010's vibe would make my day

[@kelthuzad4634]

imagine not being to make money off harassing officers..... while at the same time causing youtube to check their own broken copy right rules....

[@Joe_C.]

To the hundreds of people people saying, "just use a 'blah blah blah' to filter out the music" are MISSING THE WHOLE POINT.... The cops doing this are trying to shut down >>>> LIVE STREAMS

[@kencampbell589]

If the officer is doing something wrong then it wouldn’t matter if it violated copyrighted material. The point is to film wrongdoing not to post a bunch of cop videos on KZbin.

[@michaeljackson8390]

I help expose our evil government (the Illuminati) I have 2,000,000+ overall channel views💜✊🎢[The about section will blow your mind]🤯😱😲!

[@Elias110194]

But viral videos is what make changes happen. They know anything will happen to them if we just let the system "handle" the situation.

[@ThePolomoloQC]

I personally, feel for them. Like half of the cop videos the cops are legit just sitting doing nothing. I don't want to get posted on the internet just standing, it would look stupid

[@SAFbikes]

WAAAAAHHHH I can't monetize filming cops! You can still film the cops you pussies, you can still upload it to many many different video platforms (even KZbin you just cant get $$$)

[@billhicks8]

have you forgotten this is an algorithm, it has no concept of the priority of justice

[@MiniM69]

When you’re passive aggressive and just plain aggressive at the same time. As If beating someone’s ass to Kenny Chesney is going to help your case.

[@imransufi339]

@@ginxxxxx then quit

[@Thunderbyrd.]

Wait, I haven't seen that video, can you give a link?

[@mikecozart2505]

Why do cops ignore questions and comments? "Plausible deniability"

[@mqbq3651]

You can still film and use the footage as evidence if you have a case. The only thing it stops is people accusing police officers on the Internet instead of a court. Which should be the right way to go about it... that is if people have faith in their justice system or not.

[@hotshotmose4900]

This reminds me of Dave chappelle's joke about driving with his white friend.

[@0287adam]

I didn’t know I couldn’t do that

[@jonbell921]

That was Chris rock segment

[@milhouse14]

What's the joke

[@whosyodaddy763]

@@jonbell921 nope Chris Rock segment was totally different. The quotes that you see above your comment came from the Dave Chappelle stand-up called "Live at the Fillmore".

[@Razgriz_Demon88]

The cops found the loophole and I find that fucking hilarious 😂

[@PHlophe]

its one that's been fixed , all it needs now is another tool for people that aren't computer savy to just click and remove.

[@FPOAK]

How is it a loophole? It always just backfires on them when the video gets a million views and their department has to issue a statement condemning it. A loophole is something that actually works.

[@03stmlax]

Didn't work for the cops in this video... Just made look even more piggish than otherwise

[@peddlerinc5332]

it just makes vice and all the other whinny people mad. This video was fucking pointless and some people are already offended

[@03stmlax]

@@peddlerinc5332 you have 2 brain cells, at best

[@angelo7284]

"what if derek chauvin could stop the world from seeing what he was doing just by turning on his squad car radio" they have figured it out people. if you play music while someone records, you and all crimes you commit turn invisible and can be seen by no one. next time you want to rob a bank just bring dj jazzy jeff with you.

[@mikhailangel3258]

Music also prevent splicing the video distorting making the cops look bad

[@515Endi]

If you know anything about audio engineering, you can easily EQ this out.

[@SweetTsilence]

Can you though

[@RalphWaldo077]

How is that easy have u tried to edit this out you don't even know the format of the video nonetheless the audio quality of that one sound in a whole plethora of sounds to just isolate it is painful. That's why most famous youtubers will just cut their audio or refilm the scene of copyrighted sections

[@JvvdCvvy]

@@RalphWaldo077 you can cancel out the song in editing. It works with sampling music. You put the song in your editing program then match the timing up with it in the video then eq it, and it will cancel it out. Couldn't do it with a live stream though

[@RalphWaldo077]

@@JvvdCvvy the problem would be the officer is playing music on his speakerphone which is recording on another phone. Which will create a distortion since they are both moving with their phones in their hands that distortion will not be constant it will vary continuously. Making it near impossible to match it up with the audio sample which will most likely have no distortions. So the program will miss a bunch of the parts where it is distorted which will require a lot of audio cleaning or isolating

[@angeloluna529]

then that means you tampered with the audio, making it no longer a legit piece of evidence. cops are moving in with that 300 iq move

[@escobargonzalez3769]

If they really wanna be affective they gotta be playing disney music

[@ghostpiratelechuck2259]

Cops would probably get arrested.

[@escobargonzalez3769]

@@user-hf2dr7sh4y lmao u right 😂

[@mogdon2834]

😂

[@email5023]

*effective

[@lefthanded5473]

Or Nintendo Music lmao

[@user-tk6tz9nl1v]

A senior attorney with the ACLU cannot even say definitively that it is not illegal for a Cop to play music. It is very clear it is legal, the attorney is just playing dumb.

[@emilia2411]

i thought it was so that the video people put up doesn't get edited - thus the music in the bg to keep track of the unedited conversation

[@grt1769]

Nothing says "I've got something to hide" like actively attempting to drown out the cameras.

[@Kiki32131]

Yup

[@thebrodstar]

They could still use these videos in court, but this effectively stops people from making a video in the middle of an altercation and twist around the facts of what really happened and gain a following on KZbin.

[@anonymousanonymous4690]

@@thebrodstar yes I’m sure it has to do with KZbin , bootlicker. Defend yourself don’t rely on cops.

[@yulyasevelova769]

@@thebrodstar Kind of un- American. The " official" version taught on schools. Cops today,in general remind me more of cops in dictatorships. I'm not anti- police, I've met decent cops,so this won't apply to them.

[@thaddeussampsel7357]

Imagine doing your daily job and someone is putting a camera in your face harassing you. Honestly bro, if you're not a troll you have nothing to worry about.

[@flipnotrab]

If a police officer is doing their “JOB” then why is there a need to do this? That’s the real question that needs to be asked.

[@J0k3rl]

It's not about them doing something wrong or right. It's about taking away someone's power for fun. You don't like me so I'll take or try to take away your only weapon, your phone. Just for the fun of spiting you.

[@Gundog12]

Its basically highly frustrating to have a camera shoved up into your face while you try to work. People always think its because the cops are doing something wrong, or as mentioned above, something about power. But imagine as a private person and someone confronts you about whatever tons of ideas and shoves a camera up into your face at the same time. Perhaps you don't want to be on the internet, ridiculed or even put on there out of context which happens.

[@warrenrobertson9257]

@@Gundog12 if I'm doing my job and not doing anything wrong I wouldn't be offended if I got recorded during my shift.

[@squidy9548]

@@warrenrobertson9257 so if you were grocery shopping not doing “anything wrong” and someone stuck a phone in your face telling you your checking out wrong you wouldn’t be mad

[@warrenrobertson9257]

@@squidy9548 me being a civilian who is getting harassed by an individual and me being an employee with my work being observed and reviewed are 2 completely different things, and the law would agree

[@godwantsplastic]

I imagine you can carefully edit the vid and remove portions of the audio so that the pertinent information remains. Could also post vid without the audio and use captions or do a sound over explaining what’s going on and provide a link so people can view the unedited vid on another platform.

[@_sammybhai5465]

Other people:- Imagine listening this song while getting beaten up Me:- Is he wearing a hat or is that his hair?

[@amillion5204]

When a cop pulls you over, they will claim it’s obstruction if your playing music too loud during a traffic stop. So can we say the same thing about them playing music while talking to an officer? What about their body cam footage capturing copyrighted material?

[@Killjoy0329]

Their body cam footage capturing the music wouldn’t be an issue as they are not making extra money from the music alone. usually copy right laws prevents one to use the copyrighted content to make money for example if a KZbin uses the music for their video without getting licensed, they will be taken down and sometimes if it at a larger scale they’le be sued

[@honeyspice8989]

I don’t think so… but I am not too sure about laws

[@ld1065]

No. He's a cop and you must respect and obey or face punishment. It's really that simple.

[@tyc6268]

You’re not an officer so you don’t have the authority to pull them over, when you talk to a cop they aren’t obligated to stop and give you their time, if you are pulled over for committing a crime, you are obligated to stop and talk to them, you agreed to that when you got your license.

[@J0k3rl]

Body cam footage is for the investigation only. They don't make any money off of it. Also the answer is always no when you say "so we can say the same", or "one could argue". Don't put you lawyer hat on because your wrong and you know it.

[@Tetsuo007]

Dave Chappelle would've had a field day with this lol.

[@954made3]

With what

[@briansnoopy123]

He's not dead dummy

[@Rich.3938]

whose that?

[@Tetsuo007]

@@Rich.3938 ask your mom she knows.

[@954made3]

@@Tetsuo007 corny 🌽

[@ezralimm]

Getting your video/voice removed from a PRIVATE platform at the platform owner's discretion is not a violation of free speech. Even if the Zuckbergs arbitrarily removes your video/recording for no damn reason whatsoever, it's not a violation of free speech. You have a privilage, not a right, to post to the private platforms (including youtube). You right to free speech is protected - go publish a book, or speak at the town council meeting, or rallies on the street with a megaphone. You cannot get into trouble for it because of free speech laws. Nobody is stopping you from doing that. You just dont have the privilage of using private platforms if the owners dont want you to.

[@NoCo_Supra]

imagine getting arrested to "i fought the law and the law won"

[@hellomynameisname4270]

when authority figures are cleverly subverting observation they're admitting their guilt already.

[@nunyuhbusiness9016]

So the cops who are playing music in this video are guilty of what exactly?

[@TheTechnoPilot]

Yep, it should be taken as an admission of guilt and spark an immediate deep, civilian oversight investigation into everything that cop has done on the job over the past one to two years!

[@TheTechnoPilot]

@@nunyuhbusiness9016 could be arguably pursued as tampering with evidence

[@nunyuhbusiness9016]

@@TheTechnoPilot so they're guilty of tampering with evidence...by playing music...when no crimes been committed in any of these videos.

[@_Smarf_]

@@nunyuhbusiness9016 but they obviously have something to hide... otherwise they wouldn't be so afraid to speak to a civilian on camera.

[@inkynewt]

Copyright, death of us all.

[@CiaranAnything]

“Or maybe that’s already happened” damn

[@koltencruz2817]

“So many cops” 3 cops did it🤦‍♂️

[@08mario08]

If cops are doing their job right and with integrity than there’s no need to prevent people from recording them

[@poptartkilla3718]

I agree but this is also hilarious and fun lol

[@eduardoescalante1437]

They're not preventing anyone from recording them. Just cuz some music is playing doesn't mean the video can't be played in court. Who cares about KZbin. People dont care about justice they care about being viral.

[@allsmiles7106]

@@eduardoescalante1437 incorrect, the problem is the possibility of the video not being seen because of the music possibly triggering copyright, in this day and age a lot of cases get seen in court specifically because of the video of the incident going viral, gorge floyd, hell Ahmaud Arberys case was like months old before the videos came out and got the two shooters arrested, which probably would've never happened if we didn't see the videos

[@yulyasevelova769]

Great point,Mario !

[@yulyasevelova769]

@@allsmiles7106 Again,great point !

[@adrianTNT]

So if you hear a cop playing "AC/DC - High Voltage" you know you are about to get tased :)

[@YoureMrLebowski]

As bad as that would be, it could be worse. You could hear “Shoot to Thrill”

[@veiserexab1428]

Or ride the lightning by metallica

[@woozhi9218]

And saxophone you are drilled

[@2KCamaroZ28SS]

Or Stranglehold by Ted Nugent lol

[@saitoman]

Counter to that. Cops play music loud, then the person under arrest, detainment, questioning or even a traffic stop can claim due to the music being too loud, “I could not hear/understand/get what he was saying for the reason/citation or arrest.”

[@hermtennis]

I would think anyone with basic video editing knowledge would be able to remove the unwanted music from the video. There are so many software programs that can do this relatively easy.

[@batgirlp5561]

The way they are using the music is actually a misinterpretation of the copyright laws.

[@poisonapple6138]

No, they're doing it because the algorithm will take it down anyway

[@batgirlp5561]

@@poisonapple6138 another lawyer youtuber made a video about it. The cops aren't putting the music up because they want wide distribution but because they Don't want a wide audience.

[@kosheronlynobacon1542]

They don't want transparency. They would rather think they are above us . The fact is they are servents.

[@_DrDrakeRamoray]

Wrong. They are tired of being harassed by these fake frauditers allowed to sit there and berate for the sole purpose of views. They figured out that copyright laws will stop the video from being viewed. Brilliant. Real actual emergencies don't start with someone pulling their phone out to ask for badge numbers.

[@clifffowler2581]

@@_DrDrakeRamoray Thankyou Doctor 👍...... You know he probably won't reply....... coz screaming at you through text doesn't seem to be as effective to their/they/he/she/freak mob.

[@robbiemartin-easy2458]

Sounds like you live in Portland. The city has gone to poop cuz you sensitive types don’t want to live by society’s rules. Back to your mother’s basement until your next shift at the artisan coffee house.

[@odinson43]

@@_DrDrakeRamoray sounds like an enabler of police brutality tactics!

[@stephaniemitchell8509]

@@odinson43 Nah, those cops weren't brutalizing anyone, they were literally standing there being harassed. I'm not sure when it became cool to harass innocent public servants for clicks and clout, but it's cringe and any move cops can make to discourage it is fine by me. And this is coming from a Bernie Bro. I move farther right everyday because of the entitled, petulant behavior like this is so rampant on the left.

[@8G00SE8]

Does it matter? Approaching a cop on duty to complain about wider policing issues is like shouting at a shelf stacker in target about an over-priced product, you are talking to the wrong person.

[@aprylspage5852]

Imagine being at your job & you just start playing music

[@realbrooklyn7995]

Trust me when i tell ya, "The police Union" is always at work.

[@corbiny6652]

We need a peoples union under a crimson flag

[@FoxMacLeod2501]

If the cops aren't breaking the law, then they should have nothing to hide. Why does that sound so familiar... "Why do so many people hate us? We're just humble public servants!" Gag me, as was once a common refrain of the youth, with a spoon.

[@Chef_JRod]

Laws for thee, not me.

[@oceanbreeze1162]

@@Chef_JRod only one group can beat a guy senseless and get away with it consistently, and it isn't the cops

[@oceanbreeze1162]

I'm sure though you wouldn't mind someone recording you and interfering with your job every day you're at work though right?

[@alexgodin8320]

I love police. They’ve helped me plenty in my life. I have zero quarrel. The only people who have beef with police are criminals.

[@Penny_Wolf]

If your not breaking the law you dont need to film them?

[@christopherhutchens8077]

So wait the law is not up to date, and it's being exploited, I can't believe it...

[@ccrex101]

Cops just trynna provide the soundtrack to the revolution.

[@kirbak7083]

They'd rather go through all this hassle rather than just doing their jobs like they're supposed to.

[@RezidueWithaZ]

If you watched the video each of the officers are doing there jobs standing guard at protests while people berate them for no reason instead of getting lives. Honest question how brainwashed would you say you are from 1 to 100, quick hint, go big

[@axselboglea1145]

@@RezidueWithaZ says the guy with dmt and thc as him tag name lol ok clown