Wednesday, April 22, 2009

YouTube: Masaki’s view from a copyright holder (due 4/28)

I’ve uploaded 74 videos on YouTube and a few videos of mine got nearly 20,000 views. They are “embedded” in many websites which I’ve never licensed (but the use is maybe within the scope of TOU between YouTube and me). I don’t like some websites’ use of my videos but I don’t have any control… Should copyright holders be able to restrict unpleasant use by Creative Commons or TOU between YouTube and embedding users?

For your reference, I “embedded” a video of famous French pianist on my blog. http://wwv.cocolog-nifty.com/public/2009/04/post-e130.html I got no permission and my use (which is probably not intended by content owner) could be unpleasant for some right holders. Should my use be restricted? Why or why not?

Masaki

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