Copyright and Fair Use

How does copyright and fair use apply to YouTube?  Write a reflection on three instances where you might have violated copyright on YouTube.  Now that you've learned more about copyright, how might you have solved each of these three situations using the fair use clause?  Take time to craft a 3-paragraph response to what you've learned about the future of work in this video.

    Copyright and fair use apply to YouTube as all of your videos need to adhere to the rules of copyright, and the by following fair use you can utilize different copyrighted materials in your own work. The only instance where you are able to use copyrighted music is through licensing and fair use. However, fair use has specific but also somewhat vague rules for it to apply. When in regards to commentary, criticism, reporting, and education, these are all part of the fair use clause and are able to use copyrighted materials. In other instances, the factors which are considered are (1) the purpose of use and whether its commercial or nonprofit, (2) the nature of the copyrighted work, (3) the amount of the copyrighted material compared to the whole video, and (4) the affects that using it might have to the copyrighted material.

    Three instances where I might have violated copyright on YouTube are my vlog from last year, my music video parody, and the BTS for the 72 hour film challenge. All of these are in regards to the music that I have in the videos. With the vlog, I had found a video which said it was copyright-free music without having knowledge on licenses and usage. As for the music video, I use the entire original song in the video. And the use of copyrighted material in the BTS doc was the Run Lola Run section and music.

    Now that I've learned more about copyright, I might have solved these issues using the fair use clause by ensuring that the music has the license for use, the music video being a parody, and that the portion of Run Lola Run included was only a fraction of the total run time of the video. With the music, I always make sure to credit it in the description, which helps my case for it being fair use. In the music video, it is a parody, which places me in a gray area for whether it's copyright infringement or not. And as for the BTS, the potion which is copyrighted is short and only a small portion of the video.