Q&A: Old TV commercials on youtube?
Question by My Alias: Old TV commercials on youtube?
OK, here’s my question. I put up on youtube my favorite TV commercials ever, about 2 years ago. Yes, I don’t own the rights to it it’s over 10 years old, (Superbown 1997)
(See it below it’s still floating around youtube —> http://youtube.com/watch?v=ho9WiVrYRv8
This commercial is a parody of the YMCA they don’t use the same lyrics. I did name the file “YMCA Pepsi Bears Superbowl 1997”
This week it was taken down by youtube due to a copyright infringement notice. (here it is)—-> “This is to notify you that we have removed or disabled access to the following material as a result of a third-party notification by Scorpio Music S.A. / Can’t Stop Productions claiming that this material is infringing”
Why in the world would the publishing company care about this? I really doubth they are loosing sales due to a TV ad parody. I’m really tired of media companies complaining about trivial crap like this. If this is the case, shouldn’t the YMCA organization complain to Scorpio?
So the question s are, how many years does it take for TV ads to be in the public domain
And was this really infringing to the publishing company Scorpio Music S.A. / Can’t Stop Productions or are they being stupid by over reacting.
Honestly, who is getting hurt from this?
Best answer:
Answer by Tom Z
It is not a matter of who is getting hurt but is one of the copyright holders legal rights.
It is illegal for anyone to violate any of the rights provided by the copyright law to the owner of copyright. These rights, however, are not unlimited in scope. Sections 107 through 121 of the 1976 Copyright Act establish limitations on these rights. In some cases, these limitations are specified exemptions from copyright liability. One major limitation is the doctrine of “fair use,” which is given a statutory basis in section 107 of the 1976 Copyright Act.
I don’t know how far you want to take this but you might have a case if you come under the fair use doctrine.
See the link below for more information.
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