How is this allowed?!

NicsterV

NicsterV

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Im looking on YouTube and I found a channel called NewsBeFunny. All they post is news fail compilation videos, and they don't get copyright claims from them. This guy has millions and millions of views and he's not getting in trouble from the news stations? How does this work? Is he allowed to post these?
 
Hmm. Assuming his videos are monetized (which, if they aren't, your question loses some significance)... sounds like a missed opportunity from the stations; they probably only pay attention when their "A-roll" (as opposed to their B-roll) footage gets copied to a YT channel. On the other hand, they might be taking the approach of video game company allowing a Let's Play, figuring it might get some attention for their studio. Any press is good press? I dunno.

-H
 
They are monetized, yes. Is there a possibility he has the rights to post them? No, because there are many different news stations in the videos, right?
 
It gets to be a muddy situation when it comes to compilations and broadcast news... for example, Jimmy Kimmel does his "This Week in Unnecessary Censorship" by using broadcast clips and remixing them to be his own thing. I'm fairly certain the term is "Fair Use". That said, YouTube monetization rules do clearly say you can't monetize compilation content of other people's work... but for that to be enforced someone would need to issue a copyright claim, and I suspect that most news agencies aren't all that concerned with that kind of thing because it doesn't really hurt them at all.
 
It's not fair use though, because he isn't editing the news clips at all. He's only putting them into a compilation.
 
AVideoMaker said:
It's not fair use though, because he isn't editing the news clips at all. He's only putting them into a compilation.
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these questions get asked all the time, the bottom line usually falls upon one of these.

A. the companies already claimed the content and their showing monetized content on his videos
B. company doesn't care and they can get away with it.
C. The content actually falls under fair use.

basically pick and choose the best answer.
 
Basically, the company either doesn't care... or doesn't yet know about it. Also you can't really compare Jimmy Kimmel, a TV personality, with some nobody on Youtube.
 
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