youtube stuff copyrights

[styley]

How does youtube get away with putting so much stuff on it like tv shows and songs etc. without falling foul of copyright laws. Don't get me wrong, I've just started using it and think its brilliant, just wondering.

[Ethel]

They put this on their upload page:

Do not upload copyrighted material for which you don't own the rights or have permission from the owner

https://www.youtube.com/my_videos_upload?

A lot of material has been removed lately after threats to sue by a copyright holder.

[Ethel]

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/a rticle2355971.ece

[boobesque]

the idea of music video's, for example, is to advertise a band. Sony and other music corporations don't tend to sue as they are getting free advertisement and this drives album sales upwards. Now with the advent of increasing music video sales maybe we will see companies like sony threatening youtube

[Ethel]

Sony and other such companies have agreed to a share of the advertising revenue, so they are happy.

[Buenchico]

As Ethel's second link indicates, Viacom has forced YouTube to remove over 100,000 clips of its shows. Viacom is also seeking massive damages. Some business analysts see this as 'brinkmanship' by Viacom, in an attempt to gain a greater share of YouTube's advertising revenue than has already been secured by CBS, NBC and Fox.

The BBC recently secured their own deal with YouTube:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6411017.st m

Chris

[styley]

I didn't realise that youtube paid to use some material, thanks for the links, I'll check them out.