youtube: infrigement of copyright Issue?

Question

I'm new user on youtube , and very confuse to the infrigement of copyright issue. As far as I know , youtube is only allow user to create their own original video & upload
to their uploaded/playlist pages with word as "uploaded or published on xx xx June 2012 by their user-name ".

Kindly enlighten me with below issue :-

1)By browsing via many users pages, I found that lots of users have all videos uploaded by them under same user-name. I'm pretty sure that all videos are not originally
created by them as all are in wide range of categories. Why youtube allow them to do so ? If it is sharing with other user on same video, why all videos were uploaded
in 2nd user-name not the lst owner's name ?

2) In such case as above, who will get traffic source point on Analyics, 2nd user-name or the 1st user-name ?

I've posted my above questions to YouTube & Help forum page , yet receiving no reply at all.

Be appreciated your kind reply soonest, Thanks !

Benjamin Khoo

Answer 1

Hello Benjamin,



The Youtube copyright system is not black and white. As you already say, millions of users have videos with copyrighted content. Youtube can't go penalizing every single one of them because there is a copyrighted rock in their video. Copyright claims are usually limited to VEVO's and other major companies. Keep in mind that copyrighting certain footage/audio costs money

If it's an actual song you are using or anything else another person has clearly put a lot of effort in, it is nice to mention their name as the original owner, but if you are not a youtube partner or you have officially copyrighted your content, your work is free to use by others. Even if you do report someone for using your work, the most they will get is the disability to monetize the video.

Putting something like "no copyright infringement intended" is actually no use if you are using copyrighted content. You are no less in violation. The most it will get you is that it deters casual posters (non-copyright) to play difficult and argue with you.



Even if the content is copyrighted, there is also something called fair use. Think of movie reviews, mashups, parody's and anything else that gives a new meaning to the content. The video can, in this case, NOT be claimed. Visit youtube's fair use school for the specific rules.



Most users are actually honored when their content is used in another video, especially when it's popular and especially when there's a link back to their video. The 2nd poster will get all the views and comments etc. but the 1st poster can indirectly benefit from it as well.

Answer 2

Any piece of intellectual property (ie songs, videos, movies, poems, painting, etc) are considered covered by copyright the moment that they are created whether you show anyone or not. The problem if you dont show them though is that, if you cant prove when something was created, and someone claims to have created it and have witnesses dating the first awareness of it before anyone can verify yours, you would lose the claim even though you created it.



Putting disclaimers and ads showing where people can buy the material that you are using does NOT allow you to use whatever you want.



You have the same copyright protection rights as anyone else whether you are a partner or not. No one has the right to use your work without your permission.



Now, in the cases where you are seeing people using other peoples work, there are a few ways this can happen. They have permission, the person who owns it is not aware of it being used by someone else, the person knows and does not mind or it has been altered in a way to allow for fair use.



Fair use does not mean that if you alter the pitch or anything like that. It means that you are using someone elses work in the context of teaching, critique, review, scholarship and a couple other reasons. In claiming fair use, you have to also prove that the medium (ie. youtube, dvd, lecture, etc) are intrinsic to your use.



One last point. Youtube is HUGE. Not every infringement is caught and dealt with but you can lose your channel if you go against youtubes terms of service which includes copyright infringement. Because some slip through the cracks, it leaves people to believe that its okay, especially when someone puts a disclaimer and claims thats why they get away with it - when the reality is, the ones that put a disclaimer that get caught are removed, so you dont witness the disclaimer not working.



I hope all of this helps. (-:

Answer 3

You should download the latest version of Adobe Flash Player, you can get it for free here http://bitly.com/1p3PKQI



Adobe Flash Player is often responsible for video issues on pc. For instance I had lots of black screens on youtube. I tried to figure out the reasons myself as people keep saying very different things on the topic. In my opinion the problem is not youtube, it's something in your computer that it's not working properly and must be updated. I am sure that if you update adobe flash player you will be able to fix all your problems and your videos will start working again.

Answer 4

Due to the fact that it's simply historical past music for a video, it doesn't matter if it sounds slightly funky. Change the pitch of the tune either just a little excessive or low in a voice enhancing program & youtube is not going to be equipped to detect it.

Answer 5

As long as you say "All rights or content belong to (insert name here)", it's not infringement. That's why I can upload a waxanation and say rights belong to him.