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1. Does Content ID abuse infringe copyright? (Other/Articles)

... featuring President Obama singing two lines of a copyrighted song, and then subsequently used the Content ID system to block all other copies of the original video of President Obama singing that song ...

2. SOPA, Private Copyright Enforcement Systems, & Free Speech (Other/Articles)

... right to make unauthorized use of copyrighted material under the fair use doctrine, the idea that copyright and free speech do not conflict is demonstrably false. At its heart, copyright law is ...

3. YouTube Copyfraud & Abuse of the Content ID System (Other/Articles)

... against which all other videos on the site are scanned. If even a portion of another video matches the sample in either its visual or audio content, the video is flagged as containing that copyrighted ...

4. Open Letter to YouTube Regarding Content ID (Other/Articles)

... your video is fair use, check the box that reads "This video uses copyrighted material in a manner that does not require approval of the copyright holder." If you're not sure if your video ...

5. Falling Through the Cracks in YouTube's Copyright System (Other/Articles)

... to be terminated upon the third strike. If your video makes fair use of the copyrighted content in question or the claim is false, you can file a DMCA counter-notification (also specified by law), and ...

6. Book Review: "Reclaiming Fair Use" by Patricia Aufderheide and Peter Jaszi (Other/Articles)

... current copyright system, which should be familiar to most people concerned with this subject. Copyright today lasts longer than ever, is broader than ever, and actually licensing copyrighted content ...

7. Is my parody of another's copyrighted work protected fair use? (FAQs/FAQ Articles)

...  Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, 510 US 569 (1994). Courts have held that the fair use defense can protect a parody of a copyrighted work from an infringement claim. However, that does not necessarily ...

8. What types of uses does the fair use doctrine protect? (FAQs/FAQ Articles)

... to be fair. Further, the more commercial defendant's use, the less likely such use will be fair. FACTOR 2: THE NATURE OF THE COPYRIGHTED WORK The more creative, and less purely factual, the copyrighted ...

9. Where is the fair use doctrine codified? (FAQs/FAQ Articles)

... and visual artists' artistic rights], 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 ...

10. What is fair use? (FAQs/FAQ Articles)

... to prove that her or his use of the copyrighted work of another should be legally permitted, notwithstanding the copyright owner's exclusive rights in her work. ...

11. Disputing Copyright Notifications (Guides/Guide to YouTube Removals (Updated Nov 2012))

... Content ID match is simply wrong and your video does not contain any copyrighted content or the particular claimant does not own the copyright to it, select the option that best expresses the reason for ...

12. Deciding if Video is Fair Use (Guides/Guide to YouTube Removals (Updated Nov 2012))

...  infringement to use the copyrighted works of another in some circumstances, such as for commentary, criticism, news reporting, or educational use." These specific purposes are highlighted in the law ...

13. Determining How Your Video Was Blocked (Guides/Guide to YouTube Removals (Updated Nov 2012))

... video was removed in error. You can find more information about that process here. Content ID Match - YouTube's Content ID system automatically scans videos as they are uploaded for copyrighted material ...

14. Are Anime Music Videos Fair Use? (Other/Articles)

... transformative, weighing significantly in favor of them being fair use. 2. Nature of the Copyrighted Work Under copyright law, published materials are more likely to allow fair use than non-published ...

15. About This Site ('Uncategorised Content')

... system in 2007, he has been concerned about the potential for automated copyright enforcement systems to stifle legitimate speech which makes fair use of copyrighted material. He encountered this problem ...

16. Fair Use of Copyrighted Materials (Web Links / Fair Use Resources)

Another good primer on fair use in general.

17. Study: Recut, Reframe, Recycle (Web Links / Fair Use Resources)

This study, Recut, Reframe, Recycle: Quoting Copyrighted Material in User-Generated Video, by the Center for Social Media, shows that many uses of copyrighted material in today's online videos are eligible ...

18. Determining How Your Video Was Blocked (Comments)

Carl, you appear to have the same dilemma I did with my memorial video for my son. Both of us had our videos flagged for incorporating a copyrighted song. In my case it was Westlife's I'll See You Again, ...

19. Deciding if Video is Fair Use (Comments)

... of copyrighted material, that should be fair use. Nadya - If that clip is relevant for illustration purposes, I think it would probably be fair use to use it in that context. No credit is legally required, ...

20. Deciding if Video is Fair Use (Comments)

... copyrighted game or can I just say that in end credits? Thanks much ...