YouTube Twitter etc Copyright & IP

[Jeff FV]

Does anyone know the copyright/IP rights* etc. relating to YouTube videos, Tweets & the like?

Am I free to use any video on YouTube on any of my sites - commercial or personal? I appreciate that YouTube sometimes takes down videos that have been posted without permission - say a clip from a BBC comedy show.

But if someone makes their own video and posts it on YouTube can I just embed it anywhere on any web page. i.e. by posting the video on YouTube are they (the poster) giving away their rights to the video?

On a similar vein, what about Tweets? Do they 'belong' to anyone? i.e. could I copy a Twitter conversation between two 3rd parties and then post those series of Tweets as a post on my blog?

I'd be interested in any expert opinion on this,

Many thanks

Jeff

*apologies if I've got the terminology wrong - I'm not a legal bod, hope I've managed to convey what I mean!

 

[MASSEY]

No they dont give away rights by posting on you tube, they get money.

You know that tv show on channel four every now and again, "rude tube" they show youtube video's.

In order to show those videos they have to pay the creator a one off payment meaning they own the video and can use it as many times as they like and keep all future profits, or you rent it and every time you use it you have to pay the original owner money.

I would imagine its pretty much the same rule for anyone who uses a youtube vid on their web page. I would be suprised if it's not.

Just steal the vid put it on your site , "whats the worst that could happen"

<edit> Found this, basically you got to ask or pay them http://www.thesitewizard.com/general/embed-youtube-video-copyright-matters.shtml

 

[Matt1959]

this thread has relevance to me as I've just linked someones you tube vid to my business facebook page. I 've seen countless times, youtube links on forums etc - is this not allowed? That said, when I linked to my FB page, I pasted the URL on the youtube page where the video was and what I've got now on my page is one of those image stills with a click to play arrow ( I was happy with just a text link)

am I doing anything wrong here?

 

[akirk]

By default, copyright exists with the creator, so, no - you can't assume that you have any rights... Twitter tweets will be copyright, you can quote them / refer to them, but not pretend that they were yours... With YouTube, the person uploading the image has the ability to allow it to be embedded elsewhere, or can restrict that, so presumably if allowed you can go ahead and embed it... But there can't be a suggestion that it was your creation...

Alasdair

 

[crossdaz]

am I doing anything wrong here?

No, you are linking to the content - you are not hosting it. Even though the video sits on your site it is still being served by google. That is the whole point of it.

 

[MASSEY]

But like it says in the site i linked to, people are not always aware when they upload the content they have created that they have to switch embed off to stop people using it.

 

[Jeff FV]

Thanks for all your comments & thoughts.

The question was prompted following a video I watched by Rand Fishkin in which he suggests taking a popular YouTube video, embedding it on your own site, with, for example, a written transcript of the video, or key points highlighted etc.

I thought it was a good idea, but a little dodgy on the copyright/IP aspect?

Jeff

 

[DesignerNick]

I think it would only be an issue with youTube if you downloaded the video, edited it to remove anything related to youTube and then reposted it on your site.

When you embed it has the youTube logo on still, the option to watch on youTube and everything else.

 

[UKSBD]

If someone uploads a video to you tube they are granting you a right to use it.

The problem is though, they might not have had the right to load it in the first place, so the rights they grant you are useless.

The answer is to always use videos from official sources,
i.e if you want to display googles videos, get them from the google channel, http://www.youtube.com/user/Google

If you want news get it from ITN's channel, http://www.youtube.com/user/itnnews

 

[Deleted member 59730]

"If someone uploads a video to you tube they are granting you a right to use it."

No, they are not.

7.2 You retain all of your ownership rights in your Content, but you are required to grant limited licence rights to YouTube and other users of the Service. These are described in paragraph 8 of these Terms (Rights you licence).

Copyright is copyright. One of the biggest fallacies of the web is that it is all for free. It isn't.

 

[MASSEY]

"If someone uploads a video to you tube they are granting you a right to use it."

No, they are not.

7.2 You retain all of your ownership rights in your Content, but you are required to grant limited licence rights to YouTube and other users of the Service. These are described in paragraph 8 of these Terms (Rights you licence).

Copyright is copyright. One of the biggest fallacies of the web is that it is all for free. It isn't.

Sounds like you have been a victim of copy theft.

 

[UKSBD]

"If someone uploads a video to you tube they are granting you a right to use it."

No, they are not.

7.2 You retain all of your ownership rights in your Content, but you are required to grant limited licence rights to YouTube and other users of the Service. These are described in paragraph 8 of these Terms (Rights you licence).

Copyright is copyright. One of the biggest fallacies of the web is that it is all for free. It isn't.

I didn't say anything about ownership, I said "granting you a right to use it"

What is the difference between what I said and what you said?

If you upload to youtube, you grant people the rights to use what you upload, once you remove from youtube the rights are removed.

The copyright is always the creators, you have a choice whether you upload to youtube or not.