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reusing youtube videos

by mubb
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Hi guys,

I am wondering if it is legal/OK to rip off a youtube video, watermark it with your website and re-upload it to youtube.

I know many marketers do this, but I want to get an idea first before doing it.

thanks
mubb
#reusing #videos #youtube
  • Profile picture of the author ~kev~
    Originally Posted by mubb View Post

    Hi guys,

    I am wondering if it is legal/OK to rip off a youtube video, watermark it with your website and re-upload it to youtube.
    NO! Its not ok.

    As a video blogger on youtube, I take great offense when I see people using my videos as their own content.

    When I find one of my videos on another account, I file a DCMA take down notice with youtube and hopefully get a copyright infringement warning issued to the persons account.

    Youtube has a 3 warning policy - if your account gets 3 warnings, the account is suspended.
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  • Profile picture of the author WillR
    Ummm no, it is illegal.

    Here's a quick tip for you. Don't base your decisions off what other marketers are doing. Base them off the law.

    Reusing someone elses copyrighted material has always, and will always, be illegal.
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    • Profile picture of the author John Morrod
      Hi,

      I know someone who was doing something similar with Dog Training, his business was going great guns until he got a letter from Cesar Milan's lawyers.

      He had to quickly find a new niche!
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  • Profile picture of the author mubb
    @ ~kev~
    no need to get offended man , I produce my own videos all the time . I am a 3D animator and work with graphics, so i do not need anyone else stuff to do my videos. mine are by far better quality

    I was just wondering, since I hear lots of marketers say this and i was wondering if i am going the long/hard way by creating videos that takes hours of my time where as i can have a quick fix for my CPA links through this method

    in fact some of the WSO recomend this tip of download watermark and re-upload
    so i got curious

    thanks for your replies
    Mubb
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    • Profile picture of the author WillR
      Originally Posted by mubb View Post

      @ ~kev~
      no need to get offended man , I produce my own videos all the time . I am a 3D animator and work with graphics, so i do not need anyone else stuff to do my videos. mine are by far better quality

      I was just wondering, since I hear lots of marketers say this and i was wondering if i am going the long/hard way by creating videos that takes hours of my time where as i can have a quick fix for my CPA links

      in fact some of the WSO have this tip of download watermark and re-upload in it

      thanks for your replies
      Mubb
      Well here's a very quick question that should sort out the problem for you. How would you like it if someone did the same with YOUR video work - work that you had spent hours to create?

      Being a 3D animator, you of all people shouldn't really need to ask this question.
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    • Profile picture of the author ~kev~
      Originally Posted by mubb View Post

      @ ~kev~
      no need to get offended man , I produce my own videos all the time . I am a 3D animator and work with graphics, so i do not need anyone else stuff to do my videos. mine are by far better quality
      My apologies, I meant to come across as sounding firm, and not offended.

      I see this same exact question asked from time to time here in warriorforum. And what gets me, a lot of people have no problem stealing the work of someone else.
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  • Profile picture of the author mubb
    @WillR

    I am new to video marketing and I am only checking what other people do so that I am not missing on something.

    as you have noticed I did not go and do it, I am asking about it
    this method did seem wrong to me hence I thought of asking people on the forum about their opinion.

    thanks
    mubb
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    • Profile picture of the author WillR
      Originally Posted by mubb View Post

      @WillR

      I am new to video marketing and I am only checking what other people do so that I am not missing on something.

      as you have noticed I did not go and do it, I am asking about it
      this method did seem wrong to me hence I thought of asking people on the forum about their opinion.

      thanks
      mubb
      Sorry, didn't mean to sound too harsh. I would much rather you come here and ask the question before doing it. It shows you have some integrity.

      As you mentioned there are several WSO's that explain this exact technique of taking other people's videos and re-using them. Whilst there are a lot of people out there doing it and the chances of you getting caught are fairly slim, it is still illegal.

      Think of it like drink driving. There's plenty of people doing it but it's still illegal... and not worth it for that one time you do get caught.
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      • Profile picture of the author mubb
        Originally Posted by WillR View Post

        Sorry, didn't mean to sound too harsh. I would much rather you come here and ask the question before doing it. It shows you have some integrity.
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        Think of it like drink driving. There's plenty of people doing it but it's still illegal... and not worth it for that one time you do get caught.
        well this is what made me wonder really.
        You see I take anything coming from warrior forum as 'the right way of doing stuff'.

        so when I read the WSO recommending this, i thought, well surely these people know what they are talking about, and if they are recommending it then there must be something to it.

        apparently not :rolleyes:
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  • Profile picture of the author mubb
    @~kev~

    on worries man, i always like to ask about stuff even if the answer is obvious
    this way i am sure about what i am doing, and also that i am not leaving EASY method unused.

    thanks guys
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  • Profile picture of the author Brian Terry
    There might be just 1 exception to using other people's content in your own videos...

    Look for videos which have the Creative Commons Attribution License.

    Here's a page on YouTube all about it.
    http://www.youtube.com/t/creative_commons

    You can re-use other people's content mixed in with your own but you have to give them an attribution. This only applies if they've applied this license to their video.
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