Glad to see a replied to my post. I was beginning to think no one thought it was an important issue.
The reason I used him as an example was that I noticed a ton of videos from him at Blip on a continuing basis. I am pretty sure that there are others that do the same, upload copyrighted material, however not to the extent that he was. David http://www.taoofdavid.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jen Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jan 19, 2006, at 9:50 AM, David Howell wrote: > > > How about the rebroadcasting of video? I see this time and time again > > online where someone has captured something off the television, or > > downloaded it from somewhere and then slapped it up on their website. > > > > Case and point, http://www.palazzojay.blogspot.com/ > > > > The reason I am using this site as an example (there are tons of sites > > similar to this one out there) is that these rebroadcasted videos are > > all over Blip this morning. Now, the person that has that website > > really isnt breaking a copyright law. Correct? Blip are the ones that > > are actually hosting those videos. I assume that they must accept full > > responsibility should a Saturday Night Live lawyer come look around. > > Something tells me that SNL doesnt use a Creative Commons license with > > regards to their old shows. > > > > Of course, that could open a huge can of worms when it comes to people > > using copyright music within their videos. Many people do it. I myself > > have been guilty of using music I didnt own in a video. Blatant > > rebroadcasting of a television program is another thing though. > > > > Am I way off base here and is there some clause in a Blip > > agreement/contract that releases them of all copyright infringments? > > > > David > > http://www.taoofdavid.com > > > Yeah, Jay was totally violating copyright. There's no question what he > was doing was illegal. He wasn't using bits of SNL in a larger piece of > artwork. He wasn't making a video of himself on SNL, cutting in and out > of their sketches, back to him... He didn't "add value" to the material > -- he was clearly rebroadcasting work that he didn't have any rights > to. He was putting blip at risk as well. There is no way that blip > could sign something with Jay that would release them of responsibility > -- Jay has no legal standing to sign a contract about someone else's > work. > > It's interesting that you used him as an example -- he was a student in > my videoblogging class last semester. (The whole posting SNL clips and > t.v. commercials thing was new, however. He added those to his blog > after the semester was over.) > > SNL is a particularly hot set of videos to post right now, in my > opinion, since NBC just signed a deal with Apple to put them on the > iTunes Music store. Apple has reason to want to clamp down on illegal > rebroadcast, as well as NBC. > > So what happened? Blip.tv pulled all the videos and emailed Jay to > say... uh.... Mr. Palazzo.... we don't think so. Blip was very kind, > and didn't punish him. They just stopped him cold. > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
