Members ambient Posted February 8, 2009 Members Posted February 8, 2009 Hypothetically: a band obtain a bunch of videos from youtube, cut them up and edit some of it together to make a new video, put to the bands original music, then upload the the result to Youtube. Is there any problem with this? What about if the same band then incorporate the video into their live show, using a projector when they play? Does it make a difference which country the band or the youtube account holder are in? Any help you guys can give is much appreciated.
Members //()() Posted February 8, 2009 Members Posted February 8, 2009 Technically, I don't think you are supposed to do this. Especially if you are using enough of each video to be able to tell them apart, and it's not some sped up montage of 100,000 videos in 3 minutes. It also depends on what videos we are talking about. Are we talking about other music videos owned by labels or clips from movies, or are we talking about the kid who posts his daily vlog for 200 viewers a year? However, your band probably isn't that big if you're asking the question, so I doubt you'd be on anyone's radar anyway. Just use common sense.
Members ambient Posted February 8, 2009 Author Members Posted February 8, 2009 more like between 2 and 15 secs each clip. Most of it is either news footage, handi-cam kinda stuff or stuff that's been copied and rehashed in kinda a similar manner. The hypothetical band would probably not be that big/on anyone's radar right now. But as this band may be quite ambitious, they would hate for it to come back and bite them on their hypothetical ass in the future.
Moderators daddymack Posted February 9, 2009 Moderators Posted February 9, 2009 the hypothetical band should ascertain who owns the rights to those videos and arrange to license them.
Members ambient Posted February 10, 2009 Author Members Posted February 10, 2009 ... do you own stuff. umm, I guess I own stuff. Yea arranging a licence and possibly a more 'original' (pre-youtube) copy of the footage seems like it would be the best course of action in this case.
Members Poker99 Posted February 10, 2009 Members Posted February 10, 2009 lol I meant "do youR own stuff"
Moderators daddymack Posted February 10, 2009 Moderators Posted February 10, 2009 well, it is gonna be hard to get footage like news footage of building collapses, tornadoes, floods, riots, etc.
Members Poker99 Posted February 10, 2009 Members Posted February 10, 2009 well, it is gonna be hard to get footage like news footage of building collapses, tornadoes, floods, riots, etc. Georges Lucas did even better in 1977
Members ambient Posted February 11, 2009 Author Members Posted February 11, 2009 lol I meant "do youR own stuff" The fact that it is footage that is easily accessable and is already out there is half the point. In this case.
Members Kramerguy Posted February 11, 2009 Members Posted February 11, 2009 The fact that it is footage that is easily accessable and is already out there is half the point. In this case. what it comes down to is that just about all of it is someone's "intellectual property", even a one second clip could get you in trouble legally. So you can figure that half of the owners couldn't care less, and the other half would (especially if it's a hit) totally care and rake you over the coals *if* they discover your use of it (as an established entertainer/band). From your posts, sounds like you've already made up your mind to use it and are just looking for peers to give you some supportive justification. Just sayin.. that's how you are coming off. So Use it at your own risk. If you have bandmates, I'd recommend consulting them with the facts and let them have a hand in the decision that may just come back to haunt them.
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