3 Comments for Music Copyright Issues In Youtube? When Did They Come Into Effect, And Could I Get Suspended?

• 1. inukjuak  |  July 9th, 2009 at 6:38 pm

  I regret to inform you that any music which is not your creation
  and used as part of your video is indeed copyright infringement.
  Companies like UMG, Warner and Viacom not only “own” their
  music, they also “own” the rights to them, which includes how
  and where the music can be publicly presented and performed.
  Thus they would be 100% within their rights to claim the music
  in your video as their own — especially if you didn’t seek written
  permission or a licence to use it and “broadcast” it on YouTube.
  They could easily force YouTube to take your video “off the air”
  (potentially banning you) for any number of reasons:
  1) If you used “their music”, it’s considered part of that famous
  sentence “unauthorized duplication, whether in whole or in part,
  without the expressed written consent of….” Their fear wouldn’t
  just be about you, but also other people who could conceivably
  download, copy or listen to the music without having bought it.
  2) You are potentially lessening the value of “their property” by
  presenting and “broadcasting” it in a bad-quality, tiny 4×3-inch,
  bad-resolution, monophonic-sounding and possibly amateurish
  setting.
  3) They may think your video makes “their property” look either
  bad, cheap or unappealing to somebody who may otherwise be
  considering purchasing “their music”.
  4) They could also be thinking that anyone’s memory or mental
  image of “their music” could forever be “haunted” by images of
  your video or your YouTube channel if they feel it’s in bad taste.
  Even if you’ve given due credit on your video to the music label,
  the artist or the music itself, that should never be construed as
  a validation, excuse or justification for you (and really YouTube)
  to “break the law”. You can always claim that your video is “for
  personal use only”, but then a very intriguing question might be
  why did you put your video on YouTube? And why/how did you
  steal “their music”?
  As for the other people who may be uploading the same music,
  either YouTube will get to them eventually or somebody who is
  jealous will “flag” their video. If you’re willing to take the chance
  and reupload your video with the same music, avoid writing the
  name of the song or the artist in either your title, description or
  tags. Also, don’t use sentences like “no copyright infringement
  intended”, “I do not own the song” or “I don’t take any credit for
  the music”. YouTube’s computers search for phrases like that.
  Also, please bear in mind that the music industry is beginning
  to use hidden or inaudible “digital watermarks” or “fingerprints”
  to uncover and identify the illicit use of their music. As such, it
  is possible that no matter how often you try to upload your vid,
  it will always be rejected for reasons of copyright infringement.
  You might have to find a different recording of the music which
  you want to use.
  I hope my info has been helpful to you.

• 2. james B  |  July 9th, 2009 at 7:22 pm

  since people started putting music they don’t own with their videos. unless you own the copywrite or wrote the song yourself your videos will be soundless. the riaa strikes again this is what happens when people say awe it just affects p2p sites i’m safe. everone is a target for unscrupulous lawyers and greedy musicians.

• 3. godofwar  |  July 9th, 2009 at 10:01 pm

  Its takes three of your video getting taken down by copyright before your account is suspened.

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