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Posted by Skip on 12/05/06 21:22
"Colin B" <Colin B@cb.org> wrote in message news:45753623$1@clear.net.nz...
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> Nevertheless, in practice, it seems that copyright holders are taking a
> broad view because there are a HUGE number of what must surely be illegal
> copies of video clips from DVDs, TV shows etc. on youtube. Youtube seems
> to place the responsibility on the people uploading the videos to
> truthfully declare that permission has been obtained from the legal
> copyright holders. Although the copyright holders must know that their
> legal rights are constantly being infringed on this site, a lot of them
> seem to choose to do nothing about it. This may indicate that they are not
> really concerned about low quality video extracts from their work
> appearing on youtube because of the advertising value of these clips to
> the millions of people who visit this site. Why else could such huge
> numbers of "illegal" video clips not be deleted from youtube? Unless of
> course, people genuinely have received permission from the copyright
> holders to upload limited extracts from their work on to youtube.
>
I wouldn't say that. What I would say is that it is impossible for artists,
no matter the medium, to monitor sites like Youtube and others, to insure
that their property remains unmolested. I've had images turn up in the most
unlikely places, and only found out because someone I know found them and
alerted me. This is the process most of us depend on to find out about
copyright infringement, which makes "hit and miss" look like deadly
accuracy...
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Skip Middleton
www.shadowcatcherimagery.com
www.pbase.com/skipm
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