Posting Youtube clips? Copyright laws??

[drgnk]

I have posted 2 original music video clips (Lloyd Cole, Somersault...) on youtube but soon after that, I have received 2 notification e-mails from youtube team with information that the both clips are kind of protected by copyright law. Before uploading on youtube, the clips were downloaded from 2 different sites.Just in case, I have imidiately deleted both clips.Since the youtube is full of posted original music clips, I would like to know about other poster's experiances (regarding posting original clips). Did they receive the same notifications? How did they react? Did they just ignore those mails?
Also, I have to mention that youtube team has informed me that no action from me is required (the clips woudn't be visible in some countries) but still I didn't want to take any chance and the clips were deleted. Thanks in advance.

Best regards

[society]

I've never posted anything on Youtube so have no experience. There are always consequences for doing things illegally. Anyway, thanks for the 'heads up'.

[Scarlett]

This is standard. YouTube used to remove films where music was used which did not belong to the poster, but now they have a new method- they email you so you know they are on to you. Then they either cover your film in adverts, which is how the music gets paid for, or they stop the video being shown in certain countries. This is all dependant on the publishing contract which the composer of the music has. One of my films uses a tiny bit of "Time" by the Alan Parsons project and as a result, there are now adverts on that film, and also it is not available in Germany for some reason!
Basically, you can only put up a video which you own all the rights to. ie- your own compositions. If you put up music belonging to anyone else, the composer needs to get paid for it. Since you aren't likely to pay, YouTube instead 'pay' the artist (PRS/MCPS) from money generated from adverts which are put on your video. Seems fair to me- Lloyd Cole gets paid, your video stays up, everyone's happy!

[bibblebub]

I had to remove one video for copyright reasons (lovely South Park song); but for another one I received an email telling me of possible copyright problems with part of the music track, but the video is still there now, a year or two later.

[drgnk]

Thank you guys for very useful answers.But it's still bugging me that there are so many original music videos posted on youtube (I don't see that they are covered with adverisments..) Did all of those people ( and it's enormous number of them) had problems with any kind of legal threat? Would it make any difference if I would download the clips from the sites such as rapidshare or megaupload and not from legal sites, before uploading them on youtube?
Here are just 2 examples of original music clips posted on youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i8264L8-N4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AlH2oYedfk

Best regards

[Scarlett]

Interesting- I see that now they have listed the artist and "Buy now on iTunes" on the side of the video! This is a new thing. Some videos seem to have ads on, others don't. I think it's enough that the song is advertised and credited on the side with the option to buy it...

[drgnk]

Now I have posted the improvised music video clip on youtube (audio part is original song, video part is mix of pictures of the artist, selected by me).After posting I have received the same bull...t mail from youtube gyus regarding the copyright laws with extra information that my crappy "masterpiece" cannot be seen in Germany.What a loss of epic proportions for Germans.I have decided to leave that clip on youtube, expecting the next move from "crusaders of copyright law".

Best regards

[Buenchico]

Putting copyrighted material anywhere online is always illegal unless the copyright holder has given their permission (which usually means that they'll have to be paid).

Youtube has reached agreements with many major music companies (as well as with organisations such as the BBC) which sees those companies/organisations receiving payment when their copyright materials are posted on Youtube. However some media companies have yet to reach agreements with Youtube (or have no intention of doing so), so their videos are still banned from the site.

Additionally, some prominent recording artists (either directly of through organisations such as the Performing Right Society) refuse to allow their music to appear on Youtube. That's either because of artistic concerns (e.g. they only want their albums to be heard as a whole, rather than as single tracks) or because they believe that they're not being paid enough by Youtube. So even if their publishing company has given general permission for that company's output to appear on Youtube, works from those recording artists won't be allowed.

Chris