Is it legal to repost YouTube videos on YouTube?

Discussion in 'Legal Issues' started by ForumJoiner, Aug 17, 2008.

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    I read somewhere about someone who downloads YouTube videos (is it legal to download? - question 1), rebrand them with his affiliate links and post on YouTube his rebranded version. Is it legal to rebrand? (question 2) and to repost? (question 3)
     
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  2. bodger

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    I'm guessing the answer to all 3 is no, but it depends what you mean by question 3.

    YouTube provides the embed feature for this reason - so that you can post the videos on other sites. Some people disable the embed feature - so that others can't post their videos on other sites.

    I'd put good money on what you described as being against their ToS.

    EDIT - I seemed to have read your original post wrong, but my answer still stands. Taking someone elses content and changing it would be against the ToS.
     
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    yeah ur going to get senteced for life just fro upload some stupid video - lol

    But realy there should be nothing rong with doing it.
     
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    Breaking a ToS does not make it an illegal act..
     
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    Nonny Notable Member

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    What your friend is doing is both copyright infringement and against YouTube ToS.

    1. Downloading the videos from YouTube is against the YouTube Terms of Use

    2. "Rebranding" is making a derivative work of the video and that's the exclusive right of the copyright holder. His modifications are copyright infringement.

    3. Uploading other people's videos without permission is both against YouTube terms, and, more seriously, is copyright infringement

    Unless your friend has permission to both modify and redistribute the videos from the original copyright holders, what he is doing is indeed illegal. If he is rebranding professional videos - television broadcasts, movie clips, music videos, etc. - the copyright holders are likely to have his videos taken down and could go after him for infringement.
     
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    well youtube technically do not own 99% of all the uploaded contents. so does this mean you can download and upload this on to your own site ?
     
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    If it's an original video, the person who posts it holds the copyright/owns the video. If you downloaded that video and put it on your site without permission, that'd be copyright infringement. If embedding of the video is allowed, then that's fine and you should do it. It'll also save you the bandwidth of having the video on your own site.
     
    bodger, Aug 19, 2008 IP
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    lol yeah ok there.....


    No but really, i don't think you would have a problem. Worst comes to worst is that your video will get deleted by Youtube
     
    alexanderberson, Aug 19, 2008 IP