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While rightsholders might want to stop all infringement everywhere, they know it's not possible or even reasonable. They know they can't go into everyone's house and find their ripped DVDs. They know they won't find every photocopy or every mix tape.
But YouTube is a great one-stop-shop for rightsholders to see who's infringing on their rights. With one search, they can find infringing materials around the world. And while they still know they can't sue everybody, they now have this one big target: if they can stop YouTube, they reason, they can stop tons of infringing activities! Because while YouTube might not be infringing itself, it's enabling others.
So YouTube has to emphasize copyright compliance among its users, lest it be sued out of existence.
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Who decides what content will appear on YouTube?
YouTube and copyright owners decide what content appears on YouTube. YouTube decides based on the community guidelines while copyright owners decide based on copyright laws.
What are the YouTube copyright laws?
YouTube has an excellent discussion of copyright on their website; see the link below.
Is it legal to put audiobooks up on youtube?
Uploading full audiobooks to YouTube without permission from the copyright owner is illegal. It violates copyright laws and can result in your account being terminated or facing legal action. It's important to respect the intellectual property rights of authors and publishers.
What do I do when someone has violated copyright laws on YouTube?
If you are the copyright holder, simply fill out the complaint form (link below) and YouTube will work with you to address the issue. If you aren't, you may wish to alert the copyright holder.
Do copyright strikes stay on your YouTube account forever?
According to YouTube policies, "A copyright strike may expire in 6 months, subject to certain conditions, as long as no additional copyright notifications are received during that time."
Is downloading off YouTube illegal?
According to the rules for Youtube you are not supposed to post copyright material on the site. So theorietically there should be no problem with downloading from youtube; however sometimes people do illegally post copyright material. Therefore you need to be careful in downloading from Youtube.
Does YouTube consider instrumental music copyrighted?
Instrumental music is protected by copyright, but YouTube's automated matching system may not immediately catch an unlicensed use. See YouTube's copyright polices at the link below for more information.
Why are music videos blocked on youtube?
maybe because it has really bad stuff in it or the music is copyright
Why are audio books taken off YouTube?
copyright issues
Why are my youtube videos blocked worldwide?
Because they were an infringement of copyright.
Is it bad if one of my youtube videos were deleted from a WMG copyright claim like does the band know or what?
yes its bad if one of your youtube videos are deleted because they have been claimed copyright.
Can you publish music on YouTube without violating copyright laws?
copyright of music belongs to the sound recording company, composer and lyrics writer if the music is quite old (mozart etc) you can publish it, otherwise it is a copyright infringement to publish music on youtube without the owners permission The best way to avoid copyright infringement on YouTube is to post only content that is entirely your original work.
