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Posted by Bob Ford on 12/07/06 02:00
On Thu, 7 Dec 2006 13:41:26 +1300, "Colin B" <Colin B@cb.org> wrote:
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>"Bob Ford" <imagesinmotion@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
>news:a6men2h73m33baltbd9v28eq3drql75fe7@4ax.com...
>> On Thu, 7 Dec 2006 12:35:54 +1300, "Colin B" <Colin B@cb.org> wrote:
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>>>"Bill" <trash@christian-horizons.org> wrote in message
>>>news:D5-dnX-gwKL5gerYnZ2dnUVZ_uSdnZ2d@golden.net...
>>>> My point was that it is possible that people might act a certain way not
>>>> because they are unaware of the law, but because they are aware of the
>>>> law
>>>> but don't like it.
>>>>
>>>
>>>Perhaps this is why there are thousands of copyrighted videos on Youtube,
>>>the uploaders don't like the law and because there are so many people who
>>>are breaking the copyright laws, they might feel there is safety in
>>>numbers.
>> <<big snip>>
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>> So where do we draw the line on abiding or not abiding by the laws we
>> don't like.
>>
>> My first response to this thread was directed to people who copy our
>> videos in their entirety and then give them away to their friends or
>> worse yet, sell bootleg copies.
>> I have caught a couple of the latter in my career and sent my lawyer
>> after them.
>> Some of the ones who just give our stuff away have tried to tell me it
>> is good for my business by giving me more exposure hence my comment of
>> BULLSHIT!
>> Screw the exposure and publicity, if you intend to take my stuff in
>> it's entirety then you can damn well pay me for it.
>>
>> I recently had an incident where someone uploaded about 4 minutes of
>> my video on a site similar to Youtube. I contacted her directly and
>> educated her re: copyright laws. In this case it really was ignorance
>> on her part that she needed my permission to post our footage.
>> I told her it was fine with me if she left it up provided she credited
>> me as the source of the footage. She agreed to this but actually took
>> the entire site down about 2 days later.
>>
>> Yes, I agree that Youtube has created a wonderful position for
>> themselves. They don't police the uploads and take no responsibility
>> for anything posted.
>> Bob Ford
>> Images In Motion
>> www.imagesinmotion.com
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>Well, she was lucky you didn't take stronger action! But why would you want
>your video left on internet if you didn't place it there yourself in the
>first instance? Could this be a case of a copyright infringement not being
>all bad for the copyright holder?
I suppose you might loosely say that.
The clip was of Benji Schwimmer at the height of the excitement on the
TV show "So you think you can dance"
Benji and his family are personal friends of mine and they attend many
of the dance conventions where I do the video work. Any publicity
derived from the video being on her site was of benefit to Benji and
not to me. He is a fabulous dancer and a very nice young man.
This was also considerably different than someone making copies of a 6
disc set of convention videos and giving them away or selling them.
Bob Ford
Images In Motion
www.imagesinmotion.com
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