If I am a making a video, which I want to post on Youtube,
is it ok if I use copyrighted songs?
e.g if I was to add a song by Michael Jackson to play in the background.
Will this be ok or will I be violating copyright laws.
I am asking because I want to make a video promoting my
services and I have added some background music to it.
I want to know if Youtube will take it down or I should just go ahead and post?
As many before me have already posted,
NO, it is NOT OK. Just because
people all across America jay-walk does not mean it is OK... It just means
they did it and happened to get away with it -- but they will eventually
get caught, I'm sure...
I always tell my son "it's only illegal if you get caught" and his response is
always "No daddy, that just means you'll be a nervous wreck until you DO
get caught", LOL. Smart (ass) kid I tell ya, LOL.
You
COULD attempt to get away with it, but ( A ) it's still wrong, even
if you don't get caught and ( B ) what message are you sending your
viewers by using illegal content?
As
@Ron Killian pointed out, why risk it?
Over the years I've gotten my fair share of C&D letters physically mailed to my home. Many big companies have people checking for abuses on the net of their brand or name. Nintendo is good for that.
So is Google, LOL. Remember the older days when it really did take 3 - 4 days for domains to propagate? Well, years ago, I registered a domain which had the word google in it. I did not do it intentionally against Google or anything, but 2 days later, even before the damn domain propagated, I received a
registered mail... Inside was a C&D order from the lawmen at Google. LOL. To this day, they still have the domain registered, LOL...
EDIT: Ooh ooh, and it expires at the end of this year. Looks like I'm gonna have me some trouble to stir up, yeeeeeeeehaw! LOL...
