> Which brings up another point, my video was posted as a video > response. I re-read their original message (from July 14th) after I > posted my response. "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. I'm glad your friends are enjoying it too, so carry > on, oh silly one that you are!" > Geez, sort of sounds like they granted me the use of their copyrighted > material. Now, six months later, I have stolen their work. It's absurd.
as has been said before, the ones with the better lawyers will usually always win. But why do we always have to take everything to court? When the disagreement is between two independent creators, I wish we could define "fair use" and the subtleties of CC licensing as a community. It's like we need to all agree on best practices. By allowing Youtube or any hosting site to be the police, we're just giving then more power than they deserve. since no one is making money here....it seems more a matter of this woman not having a sense of humor. god knows Ive been skewed in my time. John, just post this video to blip if Youtube is going to take it down. if anything, controversy gets you views. It reminds me of Bill Cosby going after Channel 101 for this cartoon. (watch episode #1!) Somehow they were able to keep it up on their site: http://www.channel101.com/shows/show.php?show_id=121 The first Channel 101 series ever to go three consecutive months at #1, > House of Cosbys was one of those rare 101 breakouts that went on to satisfy > the world. In the show, the real Bill Cosby never came along and destroyed > his own clones, but in real life, creator Justin Roiland and > channel101.com site administrator Dan Harmon received "cease and desist" > orders from Cosby's attorney in June 2005. The legal questions ground HOC's > intensive animation process to a halt and House of Cosbys became Channel > 101's first show to be killed not by the audience or by its own creator, but > by lawyers. An unofficial fifth episode was created for the live screening > by Romano and Falconer but is not served by channel101.com for genuine > legal concerns. However, due to outcry and outrage, Channel 101 will > continue to carry the first four episodes for your enjoyment. > Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 Video: http://ryanishungry.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/jaydedman Photos: http://flickr.com/photos/jaydedman/ RSS: http://tinyurl.com/yqgdt9 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
