Monday, 6 August 2012

YouTube - Copyright

Enquiry:
• Can i modify existing YouTube's interface design into my own interface design?
• Is copyright issue involved if i do this?
• If yes, how do i prevent this?
YouTube Copyright Education:

Copyright is a form of protection provided for original works of authorship, including literary, dramatic, musical, graphic and audiovisual creations. "Copyright" literally means the right to copy, but has come to mean that body of exclusive rights granted by law to copyright owners for protection of their work.

Copyright protection means that a copyright owner can control certain uses of their work. Most importantly, this protection gives the copyright owner the right to control the copying of their content, adapting and transmitting the content. Uploading and sharing content via the Internet implicates many of a copyright owner's exclusive rights. The exclusive nature of copyright means that only the owner can decide who engages in these activities with respect to their content.

What is copyright infringement?
Copyright infringement occurs when a copyrighted work is reproduced, distributed, performed, publicly displayed, or made into a derivative work without the permission of the copyright owner.

How do I avoid copyright infringement?
The way to ensure that your video doesn't infringe someone else's copyright is to use your skills and imagination to create something completely original. It could be as simple as taping some of your friends goofing around, and as complicated as filming your own short movie with a script, actors, and the whole works. If it's all yours, you never have to worry about the copyright—you own it! Make sure to follow the other guidelines in the terms of use, too.

The most common reason we take down videos for copyright infringement is that they are unauthorized copies of copyrighted content, and the owners of the copyrighted content have alerted us that their content is being used without their permission.

Some examples of potentially infringing content are:
TV shows
Music videos, such as the ones you might find on music video channels
Videos of live concerts, even if you captured the video yourself
Movies and movie trailers
Commercials
Slide shows that include photos or images owned by somebody else

Read more about YouTube Copyright at http://www.youtube.com/t/copyright_center.

Critical Judgement:
Copyright issues discussed at YouTube website concentrate in content of the video being uploaded by YouTube user to its website. There is no information about its own interface design copyright issue. Therefore i used the Google search engine to see if i can find out any information about YouTube's interface design copyright issue. I extracted keywords from this phrase "Can i modify existing YouTube's interface design into my own interface design?" to do the searching. However i couldn't find any information regarding its interface design copyright issue. That, i suppose i can modify existing YouTube;s interface design for my entry.

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