My problem with the GoPro is that I bought a used one (Hero 3), and the seller had changed the default password but couldn't remember it. Lots of bad information on the web regarding resetting the password, but finally found the right info at the GoPro website. There is no shortcut, it seems. The microSD card that came with it is apparently write protected, so I can't copy the downloaded updates to it. It's only 16gb anyway, so I'm going to go buy a new 64gb card and see if that works.
I've seen a few guys posting videos this past week about copyright infringement enforcement. One guy got pinged last week for a video he made three years ago, which included a 46 second snippet of him playing part of the guitar solo from Hotel California. The record company found it and protested its existence. YouTube told him he had to remove it, then gave him a strike against his account for it ... even after having told him years ago that it was OK to post cover song videos because they are paying royalties to the songwriters through ASCAP/BMI. They noted at the time that the artists or record companies might change their minds at any time, but it should be fine. He was fine with the request to take it down. After all, it's their music. What he was not fine with was YT issuing a strike against his account for something they initially told him was OK to do. With YouTube, three strikes against your account shuts it down permanently, and bans you from ever having an account there again. So, three years after the fact, he's suddenly facing the possibility of losing four years worth of work - literally 600+ videos - because YT has decided to discipline him for something they told him was OK to do. In his case, he took everything down that was a cover of someone else's song, and edited out snippets from other videos (he makes videos showing how to develop specific guitar tones with the Line 6 Helix modeler, then sometimes makes performance videos to demonstrate how they sound in a song mix).
I've been recording some covers of songs I like from artists I like, but played the way I play - kind of a heavy progressive rock style. The camera purchase was to shoot videos for these songs and post them on YouTube. I've heard a lot of mixed reviews about this over the years. However, recent research led me to find that all of these artists already have cover versions all over YouTube by all kinds of people. After seeing a few other YouTubers talking about this latest crackdown, though, I'm having to reassess this plan. I also intend to post my own original music there, so I wouldn't want to run into the same dilemma over cover tunes. I think I have a workaround, though. If I change the structure of the chord progressions, change the melody, and rewrite the lyrics, then it's no longer their song. I'm thinking of calling them "Anti-songs." For example, the Steve Miller Band song "Take The Money And Run" might become "Keep The Money And Stay," with the chord progression played backwards. Simple enough, and might be fun for people to try to figure out what song it's supposed to be.
A bit long-winded, but there it is.
I didn't like it when they built a nest in my front porch either. Wifey and I named them Bud and Sissy.