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<DIV>This from another email list that I belong to.</DIV>
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<DIV>-Bob Ringwald</DIV>
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<DIV>YouTube and copyright laws </DIV>
<DIV> Posted by: "David Hajdu" </DIV>
<DIV>dh2145@gmail.com </DIV>
<DIV>hajdu.david</DIV>
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<DIV> Date: Wed Jan 4, 2017 7:39 am ((PST))</DIV>
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<DIV>I've done a couple of sessions on this issue at Columbia, in collaboration
with Jane Ginsburg, a leading intellectual-property scholar, who teaches at the
Columbia Law School. Here's the gist of what we've said in class:</DIV>
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<DIV>Copyright law grants copyright holders the exclusive right to copy,
perform, or display their work in public, among other rights. No one else has
the right to do those things without the permission of the copyright holder.
Posting on Youtube constitutes both copying and public display. Hence, it is not
legal for anyone to post copyrighted material on Youtube unless the person is
the copyright holder or has permission from the copyright holder. </DIV>
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<DIV>Youtube leaves enforcement of copyright in the hands of copyright holders.
Unless the copyright holder complains, Youtube allows people to post copyrighted
content on the site without permission. However, its policy is not so passive or
benign. Youtube requires copyright holders to file a "takedown notice," and the
terms for doing so are onerous and loaded in favor of copyright infringers. The
reason is obvious: Youtube makes vast amounts of money by selling advertising
based on the number of eyeballs the site attracts with its mostly illegal
content. </DIV>
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<DIV>There's been quite a bit of hub-bub about this, with the jazz composer
Maria Schneider leading a movement to challenge the terms of Youtube's takedown
provisions. Schneider has testified before Congress on this subject and has
written eloquently about it. See: </DIV>
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<DIV><A
href="http://apssinc.org/newsletters/issue/NWSLTR-16.12.pdf">http://apssinc.org/newsletters/issue/NWSLTR-16.12.pdf</A>
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<DIV>In the case Jay has asked about, SNL has been willing to spend the
considerable amount of time and money it takes to protect its copyrights. Most
others, for various reasons, are less inclined to do so.</DIV>
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<DIV>Hope this helps. </DIV>
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<DIV>Best, David</DIV>
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