YouTube Supersizes Its Uploads. Do You Have 15 Minutes You Want to Share?
This is one way to get longer-form content on YouTube. What prompted the change? Google's site says it's because copyright owners aren't nearly as crabby as they used to be.
What Should You Do If YouTube Takes Down Your Video?
This morning it was observed that a number of videos using footage from the film Downfall to mock pop culture issues had been taken off YouTube for copyright reasons. But how do the creators of those videos go about challenging that decision, given that the meme clearly falls under fair use? Well, the...
YouTube Silences, Then Restores Lessig Presentation
YouTube briefly blocked the audio track of a presentation given by Stanford Law Professor Lawrence Lessig yesterday, informing users that the clip contained audio material not authorized by a rights holder. The video in question was a talk about Fair Use Lessig had given late last week as part of a...
From Monitor to Monetize: The Evolution of YouTube Content ID
Two years ago, the launch of YouTube’s video fingerprinting scheme was viewed as an overdue attempt to appease copyright holders like Viacom, which had sued the site for more than $1 billion earlier in 2007. Content owners had to upload their entire libraries to YouTube, a company they weren’t sure if they trusted, in order...
Viacom and Google Fight in Court, but Work Together to Keep Kanye West Off of YouTube
Yes, Viacom is still suing Google for a billion dollars, because it says too many of its videos showed up on YouTube. But that doesn't mean Viacom and Google can't work together to prevent the cable giant's videos from showing up...
