Two of the latest companies that have taken a stance against copyright are Microsoft and EA. Microsoft won't allow youtubers to make money using their content, while EA is going to take the youtubers' money. Honestly, this is stupid. I understand protecting your content, but these companies are taking food off people's tables. Youtubers who are devoted to EA content or MS content are essentially being screwed. 

So, what is your opinion on copyright? Has it gone too far? Will it get worse, or will these two incidents be the catalyst to wake people up?

It's gone way too far and it's only gonna get worse. Funny thing is, copyrite laws hurt business just as much as people.

It's bull. Reviewing something falls under fair-use. It's FREE ADVERTISING. You'll just make those fans hate you in the end. EA and Micro are breaking the law. Youtube should step in when something like this occures.

Well, there is a petition for twitter that has almost 2k signs. I signed it, hopefully more people will sign and MS/EA realize their mistakes. Wish for the best.

And the worse part? I actually love MS. Same can't be said for EA though. Still, its a terrible business decision for both PR and for sales. Seriously, Microsoft has been making some bad business decisions in the past year or two

it's only fair use if no revenue is generated from it.

I wholly agree with copyright laws (including expiration dates on them, resulting in an IP's release into public domain).

You really shoould provide some sources to these claims.

Sorry, I thought everyone seen the article on VGcharts home page. 

http://c-techworld.com/?p=197

Game publishers are just catching up with other copyright holders in the digital age. Music publishers own the rights to any music of theirs that gets published, and thus any money earned from views. Same with movie studios. I have a few popular videos on YouTube, but I don't legally get to collect any money from them because I don't own the content, and that's fair. If I owned the content, I'd be pissed if someone else was making money of it.

I agree it's fair. The problem is when they go after the people who aren't making any money, which happens all too often.

You know that the AVGN wouldn't exist if all the companies did the same, right?