By now, you’ve probably heard about YouTube’s recent attempts to curb copyright infringement by disabling the audio from videos using copyrighted music. While the resulting public outcry was enough to move mountains, YouTube has refused to back down, and they’ve since intensified their efforts, pushing the absurdity meter to maximum.

Apparently, a teenage girl posted a video of herself singing “Winter Wonderland,” a popular Christmas carol sung every holiday season by adolescents around the globe, and YouTube removed it, citing a copyright claim from Warner Bros.

Here's the problem: “Winter Wonderland” being sung as a non-profit cover is protected by fair-use laws. It’s a song that is sung a million times a year, every year. Everyone knows it; everyone has done a cover of it. This is, more or less, akin to the U.S. Government suing a YouTuber for singing the National Anthem.

If this war on copyright infringement continues to escalate, one day all music will be gone from YouTube. This includes:

1. All the videos of budding guitarists covering Stairway To Heaven.
2. Little kids humming/whistling songs.
3. Videos with a radio playing in the background (this one has already happened).

4. ****Videos of hot girls dancing to Warrant's Cherry Pie.****

How far are YouTube and Warner willing to go to silence music? Let’s find out.

I encourage everyone to post a YouTube video of themselves performing “Winter Wonderland”— singing, drumming, humming, etc.—to push them to the limits.