Thank you Lan. I was just writing about this when you posted. Here is what she said on July 14th: "We aren't going to authorize it to be posted to our own video in connection, though, just to let you know, but we are happy to let you use our vid in your own profile stuff even though it is copyrighted."
She now says it has been revoked. This is where the weirdness starts to come out. The person who I have been speaking with is not the woman in the video. She is a woman named Jenny who maintains Christine's YouTube account. She claims in the first message she sent me, she did not have the right to grant the copyright. She is just a worker within the Metaphysical Science University. She made a mistake. But it's a pretty big mistake. I mean, how am I suppose to know when I receive a message from someone's YouTube account that I am not speaking with the owner of the videos? I know when you grant a Creative Commons license you can't revoke it if you don't like the resulting uses of your work which are in accordance with the license. Seems like a similar thing should apply in this case. But I don't know. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Lan Bui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > John, > > I wonder if because she granted you use before, if she has the right to revoke that... It > might seem like she would have that right, but you should check that out. > > BTW, I could not sit through her version. Your version actually got me all the way through, > I laughed and actually heard and understood her message. > > -Lan > www.LanBui.com > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "ractalfece" <john@> wrote: > > > > So I made a parody of somebody's video. I knew I was taking a risk. > > For six months they were cool with it. They wrote me and said they > > had a sense of humor and they weren't going to do anything about it. > > But a few days ago, they decided they didn't like it after all. They > > asked me to remove it and threatened copyright infringement. > > > > > > > > The original: > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXw17LFEgBo > > > > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXw17LFEgBo> > > > > > > > > My version: > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1YkerJ0r7E > > > > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1YkerJ0r7E> > > > > > > > > Like I say, I knew I was taking a risk when I made this video and I > > was prepared to take it down. But I also think I'm within the spirit > > of fair use. I used their copyrighted material for the purposes of > > criticism and parody. And they want it removed because they are > > offended by it. But I know being within the spirit of my own > > interpretation of the law isn't going to count for much. They have > > spoken with a lawyer and of course now they're trying to intimidate > > me, telling me how I'm just using unreliable wikipedia and crazy ideas > > of fair use from bloggers who know nothing. > > > > > > > > How far am I within or outside the bounds of fair use? I feel like > > which ever direction it is, it can't be by very much. > > > > > > > > -John Holden > > > > P.S. I know it's YouTube and I'm fucked. The video is coming down. > > But I'm asking these questions for the sake of argument and also to > > learn more about fair use. > > >
