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by pinkythepig
1784 days ago
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I have to wonder, at some point with googles system not being the DMCA, when does it become copyright infringement on the part of youtube that they are hosting your copy righted works and making money off ads from them. Even if they are not taking a cut, they are still facilitating it. Someone selling fake gucci bags at cost of materials would still be in trouble even if they aren't making money off it. |
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Here is the relevant parts of the Standard Youtube License:
> By providing Content to the Service, you grant to YouTube a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable and transferable license to use that Content (including to reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works, display and perform it) in connection with the Service and YouTube’s (and its successors' and Affiliates') business, including for the purpose of promoting and redistributing part or all of the Service.
> You also grant each other user of the Service a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to access your Content through the Service, and to use that Content, including to reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works, display, and perform it, only as enabled by a feature of the Service (such as video playback or embeds). For clarity, this license does not grant any rights or permissions for a user to make use of your Content independent of the Service.
This license pretty clearly gives Youtube the ability to show ads on your video and give the revenue to whomever they want. Further, if the interface to claim copyright of your video is part of Youtube (and not a DMCA claim), you give the copyright trolls a license to do that (they are after all using your video through the Youtube interface). You have no standing to sue the moment that you grant Youtube a license to do whatever they want with your work.