I'm just curious, why do you say that "It appears that The Church uploaded them."? From what I see, they are just there. They do have a link to mormon.org, but anyone could have put that.
The church is usually in the habit of keeping its copyrighted (agree with the church or not) material on its own website and not hosting it at other locations (e.g., PAF). These videos are hosted by Google and kept in Google format to be played by the Google player. If the church really did upload these, then they'd probably want them kept in a more general and/or non-company specific format. The church would also have likely put a note that this was copyrighted material, but that it was free for public viewing. So, just because some copyrighted material appears on a public website doesn't necessarily mean that the copyright holder put it there or approves its presence. In the absence of any note or statement by the church, I would guess that someone violated copyright by posting them -- even if they had good intentions. That means that anyone who continues to view, download, or use them is also participating in copyright violation -- like it or not. Honesty and caution are usually good policies... Steve -----Original Message----- >From: Bryan Murdock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Aug 5, 2006 10:41 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], LDS Open Source Software <ldsoss@lists.ldsoss.org> >Subject: Re: [Ldsoss] Old Church Videos > >I just discovered that there are a whole bunch of church videos on >Google Video. It appears that The Church uploaded them. Everything >from conference talks to seminary videos, and those "Isn't it about >time?" TV commercials. This blog post pointed me to them: > >http://www.ldschinese.com/2006/05/24/lds-church-videos-available-on-google-video/ > >Bryan > >On 7/14/06, Jesse Stay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Anyone know if it is illegal/against copyright to upload the old church >> videos (Johnny Lingo, The Mailbox, President Kimball's "Lengthen Your >> Stride" talk, etc) to google video for the public to view? My Grandpa >> produced many of those videos and since many of them are no longer sold I >> would like to have them available for my family to view. I'm just curious >> on the legalities of it and what the church will allow. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Jesse >> >> -- >> >> #!/usr/bin/perl >> $^=q;@!>~|{>krw>yn{u<$$<Sn||n<|}j=<$$<Yn{u<Qjltn{ > 0gFzD >> gD, 00Fz, 0,,( 0hF 0g)F/=, 0> "L$/GEIFewe{,$/ 0C$~> "@=,m,|,(e 0.), >> 01,pnn,y{ rw} >;,$0=q,$,,($_=$^)=~y,$/ C-~><@=\n\r,-~$:-u/ >> #y,d,s,(\$.),$1,gee,print >> _______________________________________________ >> Ldsoss mailing list >> Ldsoss@lists.ldsoss.org >> http://lists.ldsoss.org/mailman/listinfo/ldsoss >> >> >> >_______________________________________________ >Ldsoss mailing list >Ldsoss@lists.ldsoss.org >http://lists.ldsoss.org/mailman/listinfo/ldsoss ---------------------------------------------- "Chance favours the prepared mind." -- Louis Pasteur ---------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Ldsoss mailing list Ldsoss@lists.ldsoss.org http://lists.ldsoss.org/mailman/listinfo/ldsoss
