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1. YouTube Refuses to Honor DMCA Counter-Notices (Other/Articles)

... been receiving responses to DMCA counter-notices stating, “It appears that you do not have the necessary rights to post the content on YouTube. Therefore, we regretfully cannot honor this counter-notification.” ...

2. YouTube's New Content ID Appeals Process: Not as Useful as You Might Think (Other/Articles)

... claimants who continue to ignore fair use and claim content they have no rights to--at least where older videos are concerned. The only way I can see currently for users to free their older videos from ...

3. Victory! YouTube Reforms Content ID Dispute Process (Other/Articles)

... a quote on Ars Technica, at this point I am cautiously optimistic about this new appeals process. If implemented correctly, it will be a huge step forward toward protecting the rights of online video ...

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

... exclusive rights: (1) to reproduce the copyrighted work in copies or phonorecords; (2) to prepare derivative works based upon the copyrighted work; (3) to distribute copies or phonorecords of ...

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

... copyrights, it is important to keep in mind the ways in which copyright is abused under existing laws, and the potential for even greater abuses should these bills pass. Now that outright DNS blocking ...

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

... all Content ID matches show up under GoDigital's name. Apparently, they do little if any checking to verify if their clients actually own the rights to particular works before submitting them en mass ...

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

... movement. The basic thesis of Reclaiming Fair Use is that, far from being a dead letter or uselessly vague concept, fair use today is alive and well; and the more people insist on exercising their rights ...

8. New Copyright Rules Allow DRM Circumvention for Remix Videos (Other/Articles)

... it’s an important first step in recognizing the fair use rights of internet users to make non-commercial remixes of popular video content. Remixing is a growing art form that is an important part of ...

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

... Section 107. This section provides: Section 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A [setting forth copyright owners' exclusive rights ...

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))

... it was rejected with a message saying "Based on the information you have provided, it appears that you do not have the necessary rights to post the content on YouTube. Therefore, we regretfully cannot ...

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

... professional recording artists who perform cover recordings would be required to obtain a compulsory license and pay a fee set by statute to a performing rights organization in order to make a cover, and ...

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

... synchronization rights, where musical artists sell the rights to filmmakers to “synchronize” their music with video footage such as in films or television commercials. However, there is at present no ...

14. It Pays to Know your Rights under Copyright Law (Other/Articles)

... 100 views a day to around 400. This just happens to coincide with when Warner had a licensing fallout with YouTube and demanded that YouTube block all videos using songs it owned the rights to. At ...

15. About This Site ('Uncategorised Content')

... to take advantage of their fair use rights and to provide tutorials for how to navigate YouTube’s often confusing copyright dispute processes. In June 2011, he won a video contest hosted by the online ...

16. Deciding if Video is Fair Use (Comments)

Hey. I want to use music from trailers in my videos. Do you know who i have to contact to get the rights to do that? i don't know who i should contact, the movie studie, the artist or a third part. If ...

17. Deciding if Video is Fair Use (Comments)

... I've already been in touch with New Media Rights about this, but if this becomes more widespread I'm thinking of contacting the EFF about this too to see if they can think of a way to fight it. ...

18. Deciding if Video is Fair Use (Comments)

I have a video thats is a lip sync, and the title is obvious it's a lip sync and even in the description i gave all rights to the artist. Why is it still blocked?:/ ...

19. Deciding if Video is Fair Use (Comments)

I have a video thats is a lip sync, and the title is obvious it's a lip sync and even in the description i gave all rights to the artist. Why is it still blocked?:/ ...

20. Deciding if Video is Fair Use (Comments)

... few different labels over time, with even two different titles. I've been trying to clear this out by searching on the internet but I cannot find who owns the rights and if all of the versions of the album ...