On Sat, Jun 9, 2018 at 10:53 AM, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: > On Sat, 09 Jun 2018 03:54:25 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote: >> (Whether linking to a third-party Youtube video is itself a violation of >> the original author's copyright is even more complicated. IANAL and I am >> not going to even think about how messy that situation could get.) > > Describing a link to a Youtube video as copyright infringement is an > incredibly egregious example of copyright creep. Such a link in no way > copies the copyrighted work, nor does it distribute the work. > > (The video itself may or may not infringe, but that's another question.) > > It might be argued that it *facilitates copyright infringement*, in the > same way telling people that they can buy a crowbar from Bunnings > facilitates breaking and entering. But it does not and should not be > considered copyright infringement under any circumstances.
It was the "facilitates" part that I was referring to. If the video in question infringes, and I share a link to it, am I guilty of sharing something around? What if the original owner uploaded it as an unlisted video, and I share that link around? What if the uploader (who is not the owner) legitimately stayed within "fair use", but I piece together the entire original from a bunch of links, creating a playlist with all of the content, and share that? I'm sure there are legal answers to all of those questions, but it's definitely hairy territory. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
