IS EMBEDDING VIDEOS ILLEGAL ?
If they are on youtube or myspace, and the author allows embedding, it is legal. As long as you don't claim it as your own.
Is Linking Or Embedding Video Illegal?
I have no clue... I have a porn website but I do not want to get in trouble for embedding video from other website. I was thinking I thought all porn video online has to be in compliance with the 2257 code. I was referring to Xvideos.com. After looking at the website I do not see 2257 code any where I notice that they host all the video and offer other website to embed there video onto there website. How is this website still running and not getting in trouble for this? Is it okay to embed video from them? Or could it be a possibility I could get in trouble for having the videos on my site with out the 2257 because I'm not hosting them I'm just embedding them.
Is embedding videos from third parties copyright infringement?
You should check the ruling. I have the impression that what is granted is the right to embed, not to reuse.I believe (but I'm not sure, check the ruling) that it's ok if you show the video as long as:- the original site provides an url for the video itself and you are embedding that url into a frame. But the video (and in fact the whole content of the frame) must still come directly from the original site and they have full control of it (for example they can put advertising on it and their server is hit directly from the client).- the original site does not provide a specific url for the video and you embed the full page where the video appears into a frame.In other words I'm fairly sure you cannot serve the video directly or extract the video file URL itself. You must hit their server with whatever URL they already provide and display the whole DOM and process all the associated CSS/JavaScript files etc. And they have the right to serve stuff dynamically (that is if they change the content, you must display whatever they now serve).
Is watching copyright infringing videos on YouTube illegal?
A copyright owner’s exclusive rights include, as applicable, the rights to reproduce, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, and make derivative works of the copyrighted work.Those exclusive rights do not pertain to, or restrict, anyone who may see a work or its display or performance.Consequently, watching a YouTube (or any other) video cannot constitute copyright infringement (i.e., is not “illegal”).
Is linking and embedding copyrighted song without any permission illegal?
(I am a lawyer but not YOUR lawyer. None of the following is legal advice.)This is a very interesting question. As far as I know this is NOT settled law in the United States. However, there is some statutory support for imposing criminal liability on a secondary copyright infringer (that would be you) when that party knows they’re infringing (which you do) and they do something to aid in the dissemination of the infringing work (that’s the embed).I don’t think this specific point of the law has ever been applied to song embeds on a website, which is why I say this is not settled law. However, you could make the analogy that you embedding that song in your site is comparable to someone knowingly receiving a bootleg movie and then showing it in their movie theater. They’d certainly be on the hook for that.This is all theoretical, though. In the real world, unless you are running a huge site that would draw the copyright holder’s attention, all that’s likely to happen is you eventually finding yourself with a dead YouTube/Vimeo/SoundCloud/whatever embed.
How can copyright be infringed?
If you copy, alter, distribute, or perform/display something created by someone else without their permission, you are infringing their copyright.
Why doesn't YouTube take down copyright-infringing videos itself?
Because it’s not YouTube’s decision to make.Under our current copyright law (in the U.S.), the owner of a copyright is the one who gets to decide how their work is used and distributed and controls any derivative works made from it. And under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA), the trigger for a removal is the owner of copyrighted content;[1] neither the venue (YouTube) nor another viewer (you and I) have that authority.Further, there are many valid and acceptable uses of copyrighted content, such as:The owner sharing their own work on their own channel,A producer using the streaming and embedding functions of YouTube to distribute work they’ve produced on behalf of a copyright owner,Sharing of content which falls under the narrow legal exceptions defined as “fair use,”Works solely of the federal government, which are exempt from copyright,Works which have been released into the public domain,Copyrighted works which are distributed under a license or permission, andParody, which is a specific exemption of the copyright law.If YouTube blocked or automatically took down all copyrighted content, then not only would that prevent all of those legitimate exception uses, it would also create a nightmare for content producers whose works appear elsewhere but who choose to distribute their works via YouTube as well.
Is this copyright infringement?
You don't say which jurisdiction you are in. This is a constant problem with legal questions. The asker assumes that every body is in the same legal jurisdiction as they are without saying which nation and state they come from. The laws differ in each in a lot of cases. In Australia it is a crime to take a photo of someone else and broadcast it on the electronic media without their consent - especially if it is for commercial gain. It is an invasion of privacy, an abuse of the use of an electronic device, and it is gaining advantage by deception. It is also gaining commercially from some one else' misfortune. It can also involve breaches of stalking laws if the person being photographed is followed for any distance or amount of time. If you were just sitting there and someone else took your photo over the internet without you consent they are still taking your image and using it without consent. Clothes or no clothes this is wrong. If you do not give your consent then they are breaking the law in Australia. One of the main problems with the internet is that there are few universal laws controlling it, even under International Law. Many nations are still formulating laws to control the distribution of electronic media. The general rule of thumb is "No consent - No distribution". Cheers!!!
Is it legal to watch copyrighted videos on Youtube?
If the video is hosted without permission from the copyright holder then it would be contrary to the intent of the law to even watch it, as it is almost like sneaking into a movie without paying, while you could be prosecuted for downloading it (as concerns the latter, if i recall correctly, YouTube forbids that while Google video allow it if made available). But copyrighted videos can be hosted if done with permission from the copyright holder or by such themselves. Internet Archive has many public domain videos (like one's from Moody Science). But like on YouTube etc, the bad ones are more numerous than virtuous ones, and so may you choose the latter.
Torrents and copyright infringement?
The problem resides in several areas. Laws regarding copyright infringement vary from country to country, so it is possible for tracker servers to be set up in certain nations. Secondly, it is extremely difficult for a government to control the internet, think about the uproar that would occur if the US government attempted to do that. Can you say Freedom of Speech? It can also be extremely difficult to track offenders down. Even the efforts by the RIAA turn up a large number of false positives, and it is possible for pirates to take actions that make identification even more difficult. One of the largest issues is how torrenting works. Sites such as IsoHunt and The Pirate Bay do not actually have the copyright-infringing data. They do not have the files themselves, so they are not infringing on any copyrights. What they DO have are .torrent files. These files act as a "map" if you will, giving instructions as to where to get the software, music, or video files from. Currently, The Pirate Bay is involved in a court case, in which they are arguing that they are merely a search engine, and technically, they are, just one that enables copyright infringement. You can also find torrents using Google, IsoHunt and The Pirate Bay are just extremely specialized search engines.