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21. Deciding if Video is Fair Use (Comments)

... and a video of yourself making the image. The courts have been increasingly favorable toward "appropriative art" lately, where an artist incorporates parts of other artworks into his material. While your ...

22. Deciding if Video is Fair Use (Comments)

... weaker since you are using more of their copyrighted content. Honestly I think a court could go either way on that, but since YouTube videos pretty much never go to court, you would probably be okay at ...

23. Deciding if Video is Fair Use (Comments)

Yeah I think that would probably qualify as fair use, though since it's satire and not parody some courts might say it is less likely to be fair use. ...

24. Deciding if Video is Fair Use (Comments)

... be disappointed if I could not use them (most songs in music domain or that are free-just instrumental or not familiar and hold less meaning), but I don't want to end up in court. If I knew that they would ...

25. Deciding if Video is Fair Use (Comments)

I still think there's something wrong with YouTube's copyright system a whole. Last year,youtube having the wrong claimants. I recall one of was NFL not UMG. If that's the case then isn't Youtube could ...

26. Deciding if Video is Fair Use (Comments)

... you're prepared to fight them in court you will probably just have to comply and take down the video. ...

27. Deciding if Video is Fair Use (Comments)

... an email to follow up and haven't received a response. It's really irritating because I didn't know YouTube could simply deny the progression of events. I was willing to go to court if necessary. Now I ...

28. Deciding if Video is Fair Use (Comments)

... and most likely you wouldn't get sued, I don't think the actual argument for fair use would hold up in court. It's up to you what you want to do though. ...

29. Deciding if Video is Fair Use (Comments)

... want within reason and as long as the copyright owner isn't willing to actually sue you. So you could still claim it's fair use. Since something like that would be highly unlikely to ever end up in court, ...

30. Deciding if Video is Fair Use (Comments)

... program. That does allow you to permanently block content with no court order, though if you read the rest of my site you'll see I think this is a bad thing because of the potential for abuse. You could ...

31. Deciding if Video is Fair Use (Comments)

... copyright on the internet--otherwise known as the world's biggest whack-a-mole game (though if you did get a court judgment, it would apply to the original uploader and anyone acting for him, but not to ...

32. Deciding if Video is Fair Use (Comments)

Mr. McKay--this brings up another Q: If I were to file in court, can anyone else just upload it and force me to file another court action? (In other words, what if the guy just uploads it with a girlfriend's ...

33. Deciding if Video is Fair Use (Comments)

... but it works that way in order to protect free speech and ensure that speech isn't permanently suppressed without a court decision saying that it's illegal. If it is that important to you that the video ...

34. Deciding if Video is Fair Use (Comments)

... due to a mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled." I know my footage. I filed the papers. I own the copyright. Now YouTube responded to me that if I don't file in court against ...

35. Deciding if Video is Fair Use (Comments)

John - Theoretically that should be fair use, but there have been some really screwy court rulings that have basically said fair use doesn't apply to music remixes and sampling, and that even the smallest ...

36. Disputing Copyright Notifications (Comments)

Paul - No, it is a purely internal process on YouTube. No courts involved. Alex - In generally I'd say they probably are, though it depends on how central the music is to the video and whether the visual ...

37. Disputing Copyright Notifications (Comments)

Do I have to take this to court or something? It's like wanting me to print out something in order to settle a dispute. ...

38. Disputing Copyright Notifications (Comments)

Well it's debatable. I think a theoretical court decision would look at how much original material you add and how much original creativity you put into it to determine whether it is transformative enough ...

39. Disputing Copyright Notifications (Comments)

... claimant filing a lawsuit against you for copyright infringement. If you are sure that your video has been misidentified as infringing and are willing to possibly defend your claim in court, you may resubmit ...

40. Disputing Copyright Notifications (Comments)

... working place) so my ID says i live in some other place, internet not on my name. so even if the internet will be in my name and the location will be my residence, i can contest in court i don't know how ...