Margaret Stewart: How YouTube thinks about copyright

http://www.ted.com Margaret Stewart, YouTube's head of user experience, talks about how the ubiquitous video site works with copyright holders and creators to foster (at the best of times) a creative ecosystem where everybody wins.

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[TheDecadeMoon]

I don't get it. If we upload copyrighted material, then the copyright owner MAY allow it, which is good, OR they reject it and we get a strike against our account. So basically, you have to risk getting a strike just to find out whether or not the copyright owner will allow the video. Is there any way we can check if a copyright owner will allow it before uploading the video, thus circumventing the strike?

[NewWinnipegger]

YouTube (as owned by Google) makes millions of dollars a year on pirated video uploaded to its site, yet hypocritically removes users for - gasp! - uploading a 30-second clip from a movie.

YouTube tells users to "only upload video that they own," but 90 per cent of the content on this site is uploaded by people who don't own it. So, what is it, YouTube?

The website that punishes its users for its own vague policies is the website that needs to get a grip.

[TheYTMusicHD]

well...i uploaded a vid on YT ....THE OWNER ALOWS ME THAT...I SAID,GREAT...WOW....I WAS VERY HAPPY...LOL....AFTER FEW DAYS GUESS WHAT.....I RECEIVE A STRIKE...HAHAHHAHHA.......YOUT­UBE.....HAVE TO SAY THAT...U SUCK GREAT TIME....WELL...AND AFTER UR NEW LAYOUT...HAHHAHAHHAH.....U SUCK MORE...FUCKING IDIOTS

[newdimensionfilms]

@TheDecadeMoon

"Is there any way we can check if a copyright owner will allow it before uploading the video, thus circumventing the strike?"

You would have to contact the copyright holder, which is often easier said than done.

[tubengagements]

@TheDecadeMoon Tell me about it. My channel is almost all original home movies. Youtube even granted me an unlimited time length for uploaded videos. I uploaded 1 short NFL clip & I got whacked with a strike. My account was then reduced to 15 minutes max for uploaded videos. I have 1600 videos online. Nearly everyone is my own. Yet youtube placed a strike against me for what was under 60 seconds of the same video uploaded by others. See my other comment below.

[tubengagements]

you enable infringement by allowing any video with copyrighted material to be uploaded. it is this simple. if you were true to protecting copyright you wouldn't allow any online but viewership/ad dollars would TANK . here's how your policy would work in the real world. you & i are pulled over for driving through a red light at the same time. we each have clean driving records. officer let's me go, but gives you a ticket. that's fair. right?

[nathanjamesbaker]

This harpy brought us the new channel design.

[Jun127]

I also agree that it should be possible to get a warning for content marked blocked by rights holders so it can be removed and changed before getting a strike against your account.

[Jun127]

Can you imagine how many records "auto tune the news" would have sold if they didn't offer their music for free on youtube? ZERO ZERO ZERO. When record labels say, oh, this song has been viewed 100,000 times on youtube, that must mean they stole 200,000 dollars from our pockets! They need to be kicked in their lying morally bankrupt asses.

[Jun127]

If I upload some of my art, which is completely my intellectual property, but use a clip from a song in the background, that owner can claim my entire video to profit from my work and benefit from free advertisement, or even put a strike against my account.