While I am sure there is a lot on Youtube that is posted without copyright permission, they also seem to do a lot of licensing behind the scenes with copyright holders, so it isn't always clear what is legal and what is not. Much of the music that is posted by individuals (not artists) is still preceded by advertising. This leads me to believe that Youtube has made a deal with the copyright holders for at least some of the content in the video to keep it up if they give them a cut of the profit. This Rolling Stone article describes how that works: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/seven-ways-musicians-make-money-off-youtube-20130919
"YouTube isn't Napster -- if somebody owns the copyright to a song within a video, and demands that the service take it down, it comes down. But first, YouTube offers a different approach: "Content ID." That means if your wacky wedding video is set to Chris Brown's "Forever," Brown and his record label can agree to cover the thing with ads and take a cut of the royalties. This happened with Baauer's "Harlem Shake" when it broke in February, with 400 million overall cover versions generating cash for the dance-music DJ's indie label Mad Decent Records (and, presumably, Baauer himself)." I don't know if this is the case with Raisin in the Sun or not, but at least one of the videos I clicked on was preceded by an ad. This makes me think that it may be and that having students watch it would actually send money to the copyright owners through Youtube. mb Michael Brewer | Librarian | Head, Research & Learning | brew...@email.arizona.edu<mailto:brew...@email.arizona.edu> From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Bergman, Barbara J Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 2:07 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Copyright question: American Playhouse Films Hi Lowell, You're mixing a bunch of different things here. 1. Is it legally posted on YouTube by the copyright holder? I'm guessing no, and therefore should not be recommended to the faculty member. 2. Public performance rights are for screening outside of a classroom and are irrelevant here. 3. The TEACH Act theoretically helps us decide whether it's okay to make a film available via course management system. It's not very helpful though, and you're usually better off going back to Fair Use. Do they want the entire film or just a scene? Is this a face-to-face class where it would simple be more convenient to have film available online? Or a distance ed class? Barb Bergman | Media Services & Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 507-389-5945 | barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu<mailto:barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu> ________________________________ From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu<mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu> <videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu<mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu>> on behalf of Lowell Lybarger <llybar...@atu.edu<mailto:llybar...@atu.edu>> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 3:40 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu<mailto:videolib@lists.berkeley.edu> Subject: [Videolib] Copyright question: American Playhouse Films My apologies in advance if this topic was already covered at length. We have instructors at my university who would like to have their distance-education students watch the American Playhouse version of A Raisin in the Sun (1989) that is currently available through YouTube. This version was directed by Bill Duke and features Danny Glover and Esther Rolle. Do American Playhouse films require public performance rights? The URL would be posted on a web course through Blackboard. Lowell Lybarger
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