I've in the past used information from Youtube videos in rare instances. For example to confirm the surface quality of a road. Facts aren't copyrightable. I'd love to hear a more qualified person's opinion though.
On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 2:25 PM, Martijn van Exel <m...@rtijn.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > Has anyone ever looked into the legal aspects of using YouTube videos to > derive information from? Do any general rules apply? > > An example of a potentially useful video would be > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH99jVtb1eg&feature=youtu.be - I see that > the Standard YouTube License is applied to this video, the salient part of > those terms (to my mind) being 'You shall not copy, reproduce, > distribute, transmit, broadcast, display, sell, license, or otherwise > exploit any Content for any other purposes without the prior written > consent of YouTube or the respective licensors of the Content.’ > > See the full terms here: https://www.youtube.com/static?template=terms > > Note that YouTube users can also choose a CC-BY license - which should be > compatible with ODbL. But the default is the Standard YouTube License > outlined above. > > Thanks - > -- > Martijn van Exel > > _______________________________________________ > legal-talk mailing list > legal-talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk > >
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