Hi, I am new here and I hope some of the experts here can help me out. 1- Is it ok to take a video from youtube and place it on a blog?? I dont mean letting visitors download it, just view it. This means they can click play and watch it. 2- Is it ok to place links on my site that links to videos on youtube and other sites?? 3- Is it ok to upload videos on websites [like youtube] that allow viewing of those videos when I do not own the video?? Please give me good answers. I appreciate your help
No it isn't, take a look at thier Terms of Use.... http://www.youtube.com/t/terms Hope that helps you.
I know embedding videos is ok. Placing links to youtube videos should be ok right?? Are u saying NO to question 3 alone?
You need to read the WHOLE thing: "E. Prohibited commercial uses do not include: * uploading an original video to YouTube, or maintaining an original channel on Youtube, to promote your business or artistic enterprise; * using the Embeddable Player to show YouTube videos on an ad-enabled blog or website, provided the primary purpose of using the Embeddable Player is not to gain advertising revenue or compete with YouTube; * any use that YouTube expressly authorizes in writing. " As should be obvious to most anyone, you can use embedded youtube video on your own commercial website. So long as your primary reason for adding the video is not to make advertising revenue. In most cases, people add the video as relevant content for their viewers - not primarily to make advertising revenue.
so those embedded videos cannot be on a page that has ads or it can be on a page that has ads. I seen so many sites that have ads and have google embedded player in it. How do u define primary reason?? That rule isnt very clearly written out. Am i right 2 assume that it just means google can easily use it as an excuse to remove the embedded player on your webbie if they feel like it but i doubt they will unless u give them a good reason 2 do so
A site can have ads, that is the definition of commercial. Stop being hyper technical. Yes, like the 10,000,000 other sites, you can put a youtube video on your site. If you site is only youtube videos and ads, with no other content, you might be running afoul of the TOS. As for as Google removing the embedded player from your site - I have no idea what you are talking about.
There are some other issues regarding copyrighted content you need to keep in mind when embedding/linking to Youtube videos e.g if it's copyrighted material that is being distributed illegally then you could be held liable for contributory infringement. See this thread for a similar discussion.
That rule doesn't need to be clearly written out. YOU should know the purpose why you want to display it - and if it is purely for the purpose of gaining advertising revenue or competing, then only you will know the answer to that question! Youtube will determine at their own discretion webmaster who they believe are violating any of these conditions, as is their right to do so. This would most probably depend on whether you simply have a website that consists of nothing more than pages of YouTube videos surrounded by acres of adverts. The fact that somebody else may or may not be violating their times is not an excuse for you to do it. I'm not playing the 'holier than thou' act here, only pointing out how THEY will view it if someone reports you or they happen to review your site manually one day. Look at it in terms of google's other requirement for 'quality' content if you want to play safe.
I see, thanks for the info. As for embedding videos that are illegal, u CANNOT expect the owner of the webbie to do a background check on every video he embeds. If youtube has it on the net, he should be able 2 do so as well. Once youtube removes it, the embedded video will be removed as well. Anyways i got a strong feeling no one will go after small sites that embed illegal videos cause of this and also cause they are 2 small 2 bother about.
There is a big difference here. YouTube works under the "Safe Harbor" provisions of the DMCA in the US. There are several conditions to the safe harbor (safe harbor protects the content distributor, YouTube, from copyright infringement lawsuits). The one that relates mostly here is that in order to be protected, the infringing material must be posted by a user and not an agent of the site. The law does expect website owners to check the copyright status of any video they upload, embed, or otherwise directly add to the site. It does not expect website owners to check every video that other users upload. That is what people thought about music. They won't go after me because I'm not worth any money. They won't go after me because I am downloading not providing the material. Then the music industry started going after kids and college students. Don't think that you're "safe" just because you're small. Sometimes the big companies go after the small guys just to make a point.