so tumblr has officially taken away tracked tags.
here’s the thing–the search will show you any post that contains the word. for example, if you used to track the tag for the anime free!, and now go to the most recent posts for free!, and it will show you any post that has ever mentioend “free!” which is, quite literally, a bunch of really shady posts and links and IRL nudity and totally irrelevant posts.
if you search for a ship you like, you will be subject to many hate posts for that ship. if you search for a fandom, you will have to scroll through every single post mentioning the name of that fandom.
PLEASE! BE! CAREFUL! WITH! THE! NEW! SEARCH! FEATURE!
you can still go to “/tagged/[tag-name]” (change it from search) but you cant track them
I HATE THIS SO MUCH. HATE IT. HATE IT HATE IT HATE IT.
Tag: tumblr changes
EVERYONE CALM DOWN
Before you reblog everything to do with Nosdrinker’s blog being deleted, consider some things:
1. Tumblr doesn’t even HAVE a ‘get function’ when it comes to audio. In fact the only way to download audio is to have xkit – and if that was the problem, then it would be xkit who’d get into trouble, not the bloggers.
2. Nosdrinker made a post saying ‘my music blog is still up?’ which implies that his blog being deleted wasn’t necessarily to do with all of this.
3. This whole ‘it’s fully automated’ thing is UTTER BULLSHIT, I can tell you that now. For one thing if it WAS automated, then a shit tonne more blogs than nosdrinker’s would’ve been deleted. Record companies may hold copyrights, and may well be able to send out legal documents for the removal of music, but ultimately they could not get an ENTIRE BLOG removed without Tumblr’s consent or a Court order for removal. Let’s face it: Tumblr never remove anything, so they wouldn’t consent to it.
I just cannot help but think that this whole thing has been taken WIDELY out of context, and people are panicking and getting antsy over absolutely nothing. At best, the individual post itself would be deleted, but not an entire blog that could be anything up to 7 years old.
I mean come on, common sense, folks. Not even the likes of YouTube are THAT shitty. You’d get a warning at the very least, and a chance to fix the problem.
FAQ about tumblr account terminations for music copyright violations.
Q: What is happening?
A: Tumblr is using an automated process to delete/terminate Tumblr accounts which have uploaded copyrighted songs. Tumblr user nosdrinker (now nosdrinkerisdead) is a recent prominent example.
Q: Why is this happening now, and not a year ago?
A: Many reasons, but the most important: Around February 1, 2015, Yahoo changed Tumblr audio posts to add download functionality (a “get” button), which would turn Tumblr into a pirated-music-hub unless Yahoo gives the music industry free rein to search and destroy — and Yahoo has.
Q: How do the account terminations happen?
A: Music industry (especially the IFPI) search bots analyze Tumblr posts, looking for metadata such as song titles and song lyrics. When they get matches, the music industry bots automatically send a takedown (DMCA) notice to Tumblr. If three takedown notices are sent within an 18 month period, the account is automatically deleted/terminated by Tumblr. No actual human being looks at the Tumblr posts or the Tumblr blog in question.
Q: Are accounts getting deleted in error?
A: Hell yes. See the IFPI and Jeremy Banks tags for the latest sadness. People have had their accounts terminated for using two lines of a song in a mashup, for translating song lyrics, and for posting their original music.
Q: What determines Tumblr’s “three copyright violations in 18 months = account termination” rule?
A: Nothing. Tumblr made it up. Tumblr could choose to delete the posts with alleged copyright violation and do nothing else. Tumblr is not required to delete accounts.
Q: Should I delete my old audio upload posts?
A: Yes, if you do not wish to have your account terminated. nosdrinkerisdead recommends using the website trntbl.me to locate your old audio posts; it will list your original audio posts as well as those you have reblogged. Folks have had takedowns for music posts from two years back.
Q: I deleted the audio posts I created. Should I delete audio posts I have reblogged?
A: Maybe. At this time, only original posts have bot searchable metadata such as tags, so if you reblog something a bot is not going to find it. Also, when an original audio post is deleted due to a takedown, then all reblogs of it should become empty posts, so going after reblogs makes no sense. However, once you have a “copyright violation” strike, there may be poorly paid music industry interns who periodically check your blog manually to look at your music tag or whatever. I expect the IFPI and others maintain databases of “previous violators.” I’ve removed all my reblogged music, since I’m sure I’m on what is known colloquially as a “shitlist.”
Q: Should I delete an audio post in which I uploaded like fifteen seconds of a copyrighted song?
A: I would. In case I haven’t made it clear, the account terminations have nothing to do with common sense or fair use. The music industry bots do not give a shit about your blog getting destroyed in error, and neither does Tumblr. Every DMCA, no matter how bizarre, is counted as a valid strike unless you file a DMCA Counter-Notification. If you aren’t interested in doing that, and do not want your account deleted, then when in doubt I would delete.
Q: What about a vid of me singing one minute of a song, or a photo on which I pasted text of song lyrics?
A: Did you put the song lyrics or the song title in your tags? If so, the bots might flag it as a copyright violation. Bots are stupid.
Q: Are there songs I should be particularly worried about?
A: Yes, anything managed by the IFPI. IFPI bots are producing the most takedowns.
Q: What about spotify and soundcloud audio posts?
A: Should be fine, because you didn’t upload the music, you just linked to it at spotify and soundcloud. The issue at this time is only with audio posts in which you uploaded music from your computer.
Q: What should I do if my account was terminated for music copyright violations?
A: Start a new Tumblr blog if you want to continue using Tumblr. You will need a new username and a new email account.
Q: But the music was music I wrote! It’s mine!
A: Use Tumblr’s DMCA Counter-Notification process to fight the content deletion/takedown.
Q: But I bought the music through Amazon or iTunes or on a CD, and thought it was okay to share through streaming audio on Tumblr.
A: So did we all. For years, Tumblr allowed us to upload music (up to five audio posts a day) because it substantially increased Tumblr’s user base and user “activity,” therefore increasing Tumblr’s value to its eventual buyer, Yahoo, and to the advertisers Yahoo is so eager to court. Now Yahoo/Tumblr is letting us take the DMCA fall for it.
Q: How do you know this?
A: Because my account was terminated in December, 2014. See my dmca tag for the tale. I have also worked in the Intarweb business since the 1990s, and have written/supported the kind of account termination automated foolishness going on at Tumblr.
(via stewardessme)
DON’T POST COPYRIGHTED SONGS ON TUMBLR ANYMORE. STAFF IS DELETING BLOGS FOR IT.
please spread this around so it doesn’t get you like it got nosdrinker
Why is this happening now? Many reasons, but the most important: Around February 1, 2015, Yahoo changed Tumblr audio posts to add download functionality (a “get” button), which would turn Tumblr into a pirated-music-hub unless Yahoo gives the music industry free rein to search and destroy — and Yahoo has.
Tumblr support staff is not involved in the account terminations. They are down to the music industry (especially the IFPI) and their bots, which continually search Tumblr audio and video posts for song metadata, including song titles and song lyrics. Using the data gathered by the bots, music industry companies automatically generate Tumblr takedown notices (DMCAs), which at Tumblr automatically generates content removal, content removal notifications, and account terminations. The entire process is automated.
Are there errors? Hell yes. See the IFPI and Jeremy Banks tags for the latest sadness.
The music industry bots search content going way back; people have had their accounts terminated for stuff posted more than two years ago, so you need to delete all of your old copyrighted music posts to evade the bots. Why? Tumblr accounts are terminated after three copyright violations within 18 months, which doesn’t sound so bad — but the 18 month time period does not apply to when you uploaded the content, but to the dates of the takedown notices. If you upload only one song a year for three years in a row, but the bots issue takedowns on them within an 18 month period, you have just qualified for immediate and automatic account termination.
I cannot stress enough that Tumblr support staff is not involved. Yahoo is not devoting Tumblr staff to reviewing bot-generated account terminations, because there are millions of audio posts on Tumblr, and personal reviews would cost Yahoo more money than Yahoo would like to spend, which is zero.
Yahoo takes the music industry bot’s “word” as proof of copyright violation because that is the cheapest thing to do. Sad emails to Tumblr about your post content being fair use will be ignored. The only way to get your account or content restored is through a DMCA Counter-Notification.
For years, Tumblr allowed us to upload music (up to five audio posts a day) because it substantially increased Tumblr’s user base and user “activity,” therefore increasing Tumblr’s value to its eventual buyer, Yahoo, and to the advertisers Yahoo is so eager to court. Now Yahoo/Tumblr is letting us take the DMCA fall for it, reminding us yet again that we aren’t the customers, but the product being sold to advertisers.
Oh hey a detailed explanation over what the hell’s going on and what you can do! Spread this version instead of any of those fear-mongering ones!
To search tumblr the way it was before it got all…strange
tumblr.com/tagged/tag+you+are+looking+for/everything
This also works for letting you track tags, since the track button seems to have disappeared, too.
Kirkwall Was Totally Built On a Hellmouth 