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Posted by Colin B on 12/13/06 08:45
"PTravel" <ptravel@travelersvideo.com> wrote in message
news:drIfh.27606$qO4.15508@newssvr13.news.prodigy.net...
>> Thanks PTravel for frightening the life out of us all once again!
>
> It's not my intent to scare anyone. There does seem to be, however, an
> attitude that's become more and more prevalent that the presumption should
> be you could do whatever you want with someone else's expression. The
> presumption, not just in the U.S. but in all Berne Convention countries,
> is that original works of authorship are protected -- period. Doctrines
> like fair use are very fact-specific niche exceptions and, in the U.S.,
> are predicated upon resolving conflicts with the First Amendment.
>
> Why do you think it's okay to upload someone else's expression to Youtube?
I certainly DON'T think it's OK, but a lot of other people don't seem to
mind doing this without first getting copyright approval. I am just stunned
that many uploaders don't seem to be aware of copyholders' rights. In
addition, I am very surprised that so many people are prepared to risk the
possibility of being sued by uploading material that has not been copyright
cleared.
>> I'm sure if I uploaded one of my copyright clean and inspiring travel
>> movies, I would be lucky if I got one hit per day, so perhaps the
>> copyright focus really needs to be on the videos that are generating huge
>> numbers of hits, such as those referred to above?
>
> I just don't see your point. My travel videos do a little better than a
> hit a day, but not much better. So what? Isn't that the purpose of
> Youtube? People who want to see a short video about Venice or Copenhagen
> can watch mine. People who want to hear about young-adult angst can watch
> any of the myriad video blogs. The producers of Lonelygirl15 have created
> an entirely new genre that gets more hits than just about anything I can
> think of. Youtube would be very popular, even if uploaders respected the
> law and didn't upload IP that they don't own. In fact, I think it might
> ultimately prove even more popular -- I like seeing original work on
> Youtube, and get tired of having to wade through 100s of uploads of some
> silly music video that can probably be viewed on MTV or downloaded from
> iTunes.
I agree with what you say above. My point is that I am very surprised that a
lot of videos that probably infringe copyright can survive on Youtube for
many months and, in some cases, receive hundreds of thousands of views. When
an "illegal" video becomes this popular, you would think that the rights
owner would become aware of it and ask for it to be taken down. But some
rights owners may leave such videos on Youtube because of the free
advertising their work obtains.
Although a lot of videos are, no doubt, taken down at the request of the
rights owners, most fair-minded people would be concerned at the number of
videos on Youtube (and similar sites) that shouldn't be there because
permission from the owners has not been obtained.
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