Topic: MYSpace and YouTube getting strict due to lawsuits

[Admin]

Some of you may have heard already (assuming you watch the news)...

MySpace and YouTube are being sued by Labels and some artists for allowing members to upload copyrighted audio and video that they do not hold the rights to.
Because of these lawsuits, both MySpace and YouTube are getting stricter on adding media to their services.
Both services (MySpace being owned by the Chicago Tribune News Company), are using the defense that they can't monitor every single file uploaded on such a large scale, are in fact losing the cases, prompting the changes that are currently being incorperated intot he services where media will ahve to be encoded with digital rights, or proper copyright information provided, which will need to be verifiable, before the media will apear on anyones page.

Anyone who uploads copyrighted audio, or video, and does not have the proper written permissions or hold the rights to, will stasrt to be held liable themselves for damages (which can be VERY pricey, as well as pursued as a felony offense which can result in time in jail).

For all you MySpacers and YouTubers.. who have Kelly, or other media on your pages, you might want to consider removing such media. If it's media posted by Kelly's fan club's myspace, or on YouTube by them, and they ahve it set to allow you to post a code for it, that is fine, as the fan club does have legal permission to post whatever they do post.
 

[Lynnzter]

Good to know, thanks Alan

[hyrpgmt]

I don't have a myspace or youtube account so I don;t have to worry ...thanks for the information thought!!

[KellyBelly]

this is a ridiculous fight and they will lose because NO ONE will buy anyones videos or music anymore.

[Ducka Dork]

what this sucks i also have a youtube account and myspace....lol
but i dont really use the youtube one...

[chanjcw]

i have a myspace and a youtube acount, but i haven't seen anything. there are youtube vidson my myspace, but nothing bad or offensive

[kciya88]

i dnt post vids on my YouTube account but yeah, some people record shows/movies/music videos and upload them to YouTube.

[Acacia]

Thats a shame. Its hard to know what to post and what not to, plus its less stuff we can see. I noticed for awhile every video of Kelly's SUBG performance at the Brit awards was deleted, but thanks for the news. Its good to know.

[KellyFanaticDE]

ok well I will redo this again...the server for this board logged me out...stupid but anyway...

it is wrong...I mean people should take into account that DOES the artist have a myspace music page?  If they do then its nonsence to put another song up just cuz "you dont like the songs their site has"   I mean its one  of those "good but evil" things...theres a word but can't think of what it is...I mean but on the other side...it's just a song that say...a fan happened to record at a show...and put it on there...now who's is it?  The obvous answer is the artist but still you can see the argument

same thing goes with these download programs.  I will be the first to admit I have one and d/l music from time to time....last thing I d/led was Christmas Comedy songs...songs that unless you REALLLY look hard you will never find in a music store...but I've been doing this since Kazaa came out...Kazaa, Morphoes, BearShare. WinMix, and now LimeWire...and I am srue there's a new d/l program thats better than LimeWire...but this also can help artists...I found new artists by d/lin songs...some by accident..ex: I d/led Nonpoint...a couple songs...I liked...and I bought the cd...other artists that I bought their cd cuz of I discovered them where : MSI, APC (well helped me buy their cds...cuz I liekd the songs), Brides Of Dsitruction, FInger 11...the Download programs helped me dsicover more music...but I have never and will never download a full cd...I will go out and buy it...so good things can be also bad things

CD/DVD Burners...illegal but why do Computer Manufactures still put them on there? because they are wanted and are in high demand on a computer...its illgeal to burn a cd/dvd but do people do it? YES..........

Here's my view: If you are using it for your OWN entertainment pleasure I do not see an issue with it for the most part but when you start selling the product THATS when it becomes wrong AND when the song/video/movie hasnt even Come out yet and you get it its wrong then...

So there's my 2 cents

[pt_star]

Well said! I'm gonna YAY you! 

[Blahby the band geek =D]

MySpace being owned by the Chicago Tribune News Company

my uncle works for the tribune! oh! well guys just be careful with what you post.

[chanjcw]

i do know that myspace was pretty pissed when i told Tom that he'll never get a girlfriend.

he explained the lawsuit thing but i mocked him! MOCK

[KellyBelly]

so far you can't upload interviews on leno but they seem to allow rosie shows some comedy stuff and interviews on letterman. as long as its under 10 minutes. ALL performances on talk shows are deleted and its really not fair to people who work for a living and miss these performances.