Tuesday, January 30, 2007

YouTube to share ad revenue with its users, says co-founder Chad Hurley

YouTube founder Chad Hurley recently confirmed to the BBC that users will soon see a revenue share of the advertising surrounding their videos. However:
The offer applies only to people who own the full copyright of the videos that they are uploading to the YouTube website.
While it is clear that users uploading Colbert and Family Guy will not be paid for their services, I'm a bit curious about this "full copyright" jargon. Take the example of Dilpreet and Minhaws:

Minhaws is riding his bike on campus. Dilpreet happens to have her video camera rolling when . . . suddenly . . . Minhaws bikes straight into a campus golfcart! And Dilpreet caught the whole thing on tape! Obviously, Dilpreet uploads Minhaws to YouTube, where he soars to the top of the user ratings! And oh is Dilpreet happy, because the $$ is rolling in . . .

But Minhaws happened to be wearing his favorite James Blunt tee-shirt that day. . . and last time I checked, Warner Bros has the exclusive rights to Señor Blunt, including his name and likeness. So, does Dilpreet own the full copyright? Is Dilpreet an infringer? Would YouTube honor a Warner take down notice in this instance? Granted, I have been continuously editing this poor example for over thirty minutes and it's time for bed . . . but there is a real issue here:

How will the entertainment industry react to individual users profiting from videos they deem as infringing? And what about Minhaws . . . after all, HE hit the golfcart! Doesn't he deserve a share of the profits . . . . (nevermind)

(via BBC News)

2 comments:

fredy said...

Yo, no esperaba esto de YouTube, recientemente ingrese a esa pagina por sugerencias de un amigo, es interesante todo lo que aho se muestra, pero hasta hoy no habia valorado esto por el aspecto legal,que te dire en MEXICO, todo es LEGALLY, sino date una vuelta por TEPITO, encontraras videos hasta de mi teacher, y los podrias publicar......Soy programador y agrada la idea del SW libre, alguien puede mejorar lo que uno desarrolla.....

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