No doubt it's all my fault - but this is a strange case. I uploaded a
video to youtube yesterday and I got a notification: "Matched
third-party content".
That's not the really odd bit though.
The video I uploaded was a modern piece and I've done similar before and
in the description I have written the publication and the date. But
yesterday, perhaps
in a senior moment, I also included the publisher, OUP. As it was
uploading I got a notification that it was taking longer than normal. I
thought something was odd
and deleted the reference to OUP - but, perhaps too late. On the other
hand it's also possible that notification of "Matched third-party
content" is not connected at all to my including
OUP in the description.
If I click on "Matched third-party content" I get this screen:
http://www.pluckedturkeys.co.uk/Untitled-1.jpg
So my video 'may include a song owned by a third party' and one or more
music publishing societies may administer the rights. But the really,
really odd thing is that youtube is
very clear at the point in the video in which the 'matched content'
starts...15 seconds in... not from the beginning. But I am playing from
the very start of the video and after 15 seconds
I've got to bar 12. So the first 15 bars of Howard Skempton's Prelude 5
from Images is not 'matched content' but after 15 seconds, for an
unspecified amount of time, it is. I now have two options:
to dispute or acknowledge this. (And I don't know what 'acknowledge'
amounts to)
I contacted Howard Skempton, who seems to be a sporting chap and doesn't
mind me having a crack at his pieces on a lute, and told him about this.
He strongly urged me to dispute the matter.
If I choose to dispute it, I get this screen:
http://www.pluckedturkeys.co.uk/Untitled-2.jpg
There are seven options and the first three tell me that they are not
valid and the 'acknowledge' button is inviting me to press it. Howard
Skempton tells me that OUP hold the rights. I
haven't got a licence or permission from OUP (just as hundreds of
thousands of others on youtube who are playing music from books they
have - or haven't - bought).
Fair enough, I reluctantly suppose, OUP are the holders of the rights
of the score and I haven't got specific permission from OUP (even
though the actual composer is fine about it and I played the piece
and took the photo).
But what does 'acknowledge' mean? And what about the first 15 seconds?
Could this possibly be some sort of scam? If I click 'acknowledge' do
adverts start appearing and the minute amount of money start flowing -
or trickling - to some dodgy copyright corporation?
Stuart
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