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Posted by Larry in AZ on 12/20/06 03:58
Waiving the right to remain silent, Bob Quintal <rquintal@sPAmpatico.ca>
said:
> "Colin B" <Colin B@cb.org> wrote in
> news:458825a5$1@clear.net.nz:
>
>>
>> "Bill Funk" <BigBill@there.com> wrote in message
>> news:6s0go29f2kik25ras5ieji29to2modqjav@4ax.com...
>>> On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 03:23:24 GMT, "blahblah_nospam@sbcglobal.net"
>>> <EDM_spamblock_@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Anyone who's spent more than a few minutes on YouTube,
>>>>MySpace, Google Videos etc knows that nearly everything
>>>>posted is home brewed and doesn't violate any commercial copyright.
>>>
>>> I just now went to youtube, and of the four videos listed on
>>> the top of the page (under "Director Videos"), three were
>>> very obviously of copyrighted material.
>>> --
>>> Bill Funk
>>> replace "g" with "a"
>>
>> On this site:
>> http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/21/youtubes-magic-number-15- b
>> illion/
>>
>> it says that:
>>
>> "These 100 million daily video views aren't people watching
>> kittens fall asleep. Most of the popular videos on YouTube
>> contain copyrighted material that YouTube shouldn't be
>> presenting in the first place. This isn't just music videos
>> and Saturday Night Live skits - if music is playing in the
>> background while someone is dancing around, that's still copyright
>> infringement. "
>
> Bu!!$#!t, that's fair use.
You can stamp your feet and call it so, but that doesn't make it so...
United States Code
TITLE 17 - COPYRIGHTS
CHAPTER 1 - SUBJECT MATTER AND SCOPE OF COPYRIGHT
Sec. 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use
Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a
copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or
phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes
such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple
copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an
infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work
in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall
include -
(1) the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of
a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;
(2) the nature of the copyrighted work;
(3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the
copyrighted work as a whole; and
(4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the
copyrighted work. The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar
a finding of fair use if such finding is made upon consideration of all
the above factors.
Additional copyright information may be found at:
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/index.html
--
Larry Jandro
Video Engineering & Equipment Rentals
Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
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