| Copyright fair use question | Jezzzzw | 5/23/12 10:56 AM | If i upload a video to YouTube that contains copyrighted audio, but the work in question if for a college assignment does that constitute fair trade? I've created a short video for my media assignment at college and would like to upload it to YouTube |
| Re: Copyright fair use question | JDoors | 5/23/12 11:00 AM | Use in an educational setting may qualify as fair use, but worldwide broadcast, such as occurs when you upload a video to YouTube, is a different thing altogether. |
| Re: Copyright fair use question | Chas D | 5/23/12 11:35 AM | Does your assignment involve learning how to upload videos to YouTube? Under fair use, you would be allowed to turn in the assignment for a grade. You would not be able to use the fair use doctrine to turn in the assignment to anyone who isn't your p |
| Re: Copyright fair use question | ebbixx | 5/23/12 1:50 PM | While this might be technically, perhaps even legally correct (I'm not prepared to say one way or the other, and my opinion has no legal weight, so it would be pointless to say). But in practical terms, even if your particular case does fit within "f |
| Re: Copyright fair use question | OffbeatBryce | 5/23/12 9:10 PM | Well wait a minute. Is your project teaching anything? Technically If the video is educational itself it is fair use but if you are say making a video that is not educational then it's not fair use. |
| Re: Copyright fair use question | ebbixx | 5/23/12 9:21 PM | There are several possible "fair use" exceptions besides educational use (commentary and criticism, for instance). Case law is fairly clear that you don't necessarily need to meet all of them to qualify as fair use. But this is really beside the poi |
| Re: Copyright fair use question | bluewizard | 8/18/12 1:15 PM | I've been struggling with this myself lately as I'm also new to uploading Videos to YouTube. Here is what determines FAIR USE - The guy with a million dollars in his pocket. Simple as that. The average person simply does not have the financial resou |
| Re: Copyright fair use question | markimatang | 8/19/12 2:30 PM | “No one has yet to explain to me how so many people can play COMPLETE Songs or post COMPLETE Movies on YouTube, and those are allowed to stand.” By uploading to YouTube you have warranted that you own the copyright to or have a license for all the m |