Earlier in the month I posted a blog entry about copyright and transferring music files on the internet. This week I came across an
article about copyright rules for music when using YouTube. A lot of
users at the center upload their video projects onto YouTube so I
thought this article would be helpful and provide knowledge that we can
extend to multimedia users.
The main topic the article discusses is how YouTube recognizes
a copyrighted song in a video and the consequences that occur if one is used.
According to the article, "YouTube
uses software called Content ID
that scans uploaded videos and compares them to a database of music and
video files supplied by copyright holders who own the rights to those
recordings." The video that gets recognized could potentially be muted
or blocked from YouTube. YouTube also has a copyright strike feature
which works like a "three strikes you're out" rule. If YouTube catches
the copyrighted song they may remove the video and limit a user's access
to the site. The article explains more about YouTube's copyright policy and the restrictions they place if a user violates the policy. If our users know about these rules then hopefully no one will run into limitations on their YouTube account for violating YouTube's copyright policy.
Read The Article Here
Youtube's music copyright policy can be potentially confusing to students, and can create a chilling effect-- where students choose not to use copyrighted music in their projects. I find this a little disturbing, because under the Fair Use exceptions to U.S. Copyright law, people can use copyrighted materials without permission under certain circumstances (keeping in mind the nature, purpose, effect, and amount of the copyrighted works that are used). Students need to understand and exercise their fair use rights. Also, the University of Delaware has signed an agreement and pays licensing fees to ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC to allow everyone affiliated with the University to use copyrighted music for University purposes. I'm not sure a lot of people realize this as well.
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