Hi, I am wanting to start a video website where users can watch music videos online. Is this allowed and if so what copywrites do i have to follow? Thanks!
Are you planning on putting like MTV or VH1 videos, or videos created by garage bands? You would need to obtain the permission of the copyright owners in order to put music videos online.
I am wanting to put up videos from all artists like timbaland eminem 50cent etc. How would i go about obtaining permission from artists. That would be mad if my site had hundreds of videos!
I think you are going to run into trouble getting the required permissions to get top stars to put their videos online, at least initially. I agree with RCJ that you would be better off with home videos of bands to start. I was actually a co-owner of an independent record label a while back (seems like a previous life now) and we found that local bands were very interested in ways to get their stuff out in front of people. You might find that if you start with local bands and provide a network where they can upload videos and music and use it to promote themselves and their gigs that it would grow into something special. Then as it grows you might get lucky enough to get a forward thinking top star and then all the rest would fall into place. -Gene