Google Trumps Viacom In $1 Billion Copyright Infringement Rematch
New media dominated over old media Thursday after a federal judge in New York ruled in favor of Google in a long-running copyright fight with Viacom, Inc. Reuters reported that U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton threw out Viacom’s lawsuit claiming that YouTube violated copyright law by posting clips or full episodes of programs like “The [...]
Whose Video Is It Anyway? How Digital Media Licensing Agencies Are Changing The Game [GUEST POST]
In the ever-evolving world of online video, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) has become an interesting and overbearing conflict amongst the largest video publishers in the world. Every single day, millions of videos are uploaded and distributed throughout the digital landscape. The question then becomes, who is in charge of policing this content to [...]
Capitol, Other Big Record Labels File Court Motion Against Vimeo for Encouraging Copyright Violators
In the past few years, YouTube has improved the way it deals with copyright issues while under pressure from the entertainment industry. They have made it easier for users to flag inappropriate videos, improved its ContentID program that identifies copyrighted works and educating creators on proper copyright practices. But Capitol Records thinks there’s one other [...]
4 Steps You Should Take If Someone Is Stealing Your YouTube Videos
Content theft is a sad yet inevitable reality that all YouTube creators will face at some point in their careers. Your hard work is out there for the entire Web to see and, in some cases, steal. This is the new age of bootleg DVDs, only now, money is being taken from independent creators, not [...]
9 Things You Should Know About Copyright and Fair Use on YouTube
If you’re out making videos for YouTube, especially if you’re trying to monetize your content, you should be aware of your rights and responsibilities when it comes to copyright. Copyright gives creators of original works the exclusive rights to it. In some cases, you could use other people’s work in your videos without their permission; [...]
YouTube Announces Improved ContentID Program (Finally)
YouTube announced today that it has streamlined its ContentID program to reduce the amount of unintentional claims made and to make it easier for users to appeal claims made by other users. The appeal process is open for uploaders in good copyright standing, and they can appeal up to three disputed ContentID matches at a [...]
What Google’s Updated Search Ranking Algorithm Means For YouTube Creators
Google’s new algorithm methods will mean a dynamic change in how websites are ranked and will likely incite vigorous and sometimes nasty competition amongst the millions of websites featured on the search engine site. This is the company’s latest effort to combat online piracy and make Google a place where users can find established, legitimate [...]
Are Copyright Laws Falling Behind in the YouTube Era?
Last week, a Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals judge in Illinois ruled that embedding copyrighted material on your website is not copyright infringement. The two-year battle stems from a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by Flava Works, Inc. against a video streaming site called MyVidster. Judge Richard Posner argued that no one — not the viewer [...]
NASA Talks to NMR About Their Flagged YouTube Mars Landing Video
Last night’s landing of the Curiosity rover on Mars after its “seven minutes of terror” was yet another achievement by NASA in its ambitious quest to find life on the red planet. Cheers erupted at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena where staffers hugged and cheered the moment the rover made contact to mission control [...]
The Cost of YouTube Piracy [INFOGRAPHIC]
Since YouTube’s creation, it has been making attempts at reducing copyright infringement. Even with its recent Jay Leno and Rick Astley fiascos, YouTube has so far largely managed to keep many illegal uploads from seeing the light of day. They’ve even go so far as to ban users from the site and preventing users from [...]
