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41. Disputing Copyright Notifications (Comments)

... doesn't mean you can upload whole documentaries. And Adam - Yes I think taking short clips to make a sports highlight reel is fair use. It is highly transformative since you are taking short clips and ...

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My copyright claim was for visual content and it got me a strike. "Re-use of video content, especially if you re-edited it in a creative and transformative way, is much more likely to be fair use than ...

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... transformative way, is much more likely to be fair use than background music. I don't know any details of your video, but if you believe it's fair use, I think a counter-notice would be justified. Only ...

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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 ...

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I put a lot of work into the videos usually, the ones that got blocked recently had hours of work put into them. Although they are all from the same album and artist one seems to still be up and instead ...

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In general I do not think lyric videos would be transformative enough to qualify as fair use. Some might if enough additional creativity was put into them, but a basic lyric video with a photo or two on ...

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Thank you for all the info! I have a question: I recently uploaded a video that contained the audiovisuals from a music video, but arranged differently (basically a remix), would this qualify as transformative ...

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what should I write, something like this (This video qualifies as fair use under U.S. copyright law because it (1) makes transformative use of the content in question, adding new message and meaning to ...

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... a counter-notice against FOX,I used the explanation,"The use of visual content in this video qualifies as fair use under US copyright law because it is (1) non-commercial, (2) transformative in nature, ...

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Well, I used the phrase listed above, slightly edited, "The use of visual content in this video qualifies as fair use under US copyright law because it is (1) non-commercial, (2) transformative in nature, ...

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... to showcase snowboarding, and was clearly transformative. I put an explanation of why my video was fair use in my counter notification form, but YouTube still said I don't have the rights and that no further ...

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Thank you for the response. That is kind of what I was thinking. This one was targeted by UMG (Universal Media Group) which I think is pretty serious in their pursuits so I may leave this one alone. I ...

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Dunk - That video is a little more of a gray area, but you've clearly altered the video content and put your own original spin on both the video and the song, so I think it is still arguably transformative ...

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Yes, personally I think that because everyone's gameplay shows their unique experience with the game not just the copyrighted material written by the game creators, that would be considered transformative ...

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@Patrick, do you know if it is common for recorded gameplay to be considered transformative? I mean, wouldn't recording your gameplay on a copyrighted video game add new views, as your gameplay would show ...

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... non-commercially. They are highly transformative and each add new meaning and message above and beyond the original song. But you have to have an even stronger fair use case to use a work commercially, ...

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You rule, Patrick. Thank you for fighting for us artists who use parody and/or an otherwise reasonable amount of copyrighted material to create transformative works. ...

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... is transformative? YouTube is facilitating the fraud by allowing just about everyone to claim and monetize content. This is skewered toward the corporate interest and as we all know fraught with abuse. ...