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No copyright violation if you embed videos: Court

Posted by Ajay Tejwani | Posted in Social Media | Posted on 08-03-2012

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Another milestone has been reached with social media sites,  A video site that lets users bookmark and share embedded videos from other websites doesn’t commit copyright infringement – and just watching a stream of a video that someone else has uploaded isn’t infringing either: That’s the gist of a court decision in favor of myVidster.

Embedding an infringing video doesn’t violate copyright laws, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday. The court sided with the video bookmarking site myVidster, which had been sued by the gay porn production company Flava Works in 2010. Flava Works obtained a preliminary injunction against myVidster with a lower court ruling in 2011, but 7th Court judge Richard Posner threw out that decision Thursday.

In his ruling (Eric Goldman), Posner wrote:

“myVidster is giving web surfers addresses where they can find entertainment. By listing plays and giving the name and address of the theaters where they are being performed, the New Yorker is not performing them. It is not “transmitting or communicating” them… myVidster doesn’t touch the data stream, which flows directly from one computer to another, neither being owned or operated by myVidster.

What are your thoughts?

  • Stephen E. Macklin

    Doing copy is on of the criminal activities. Therefore it is not good. Nice post I like the mentioned  issue in the post.

  • John Smith

    Yes I think you are right. Everyone should be conscious about it.

  • Rashed_ebad2000

    copyright is a very bad for every media and other sector .  

  • Lisa A. Sutton

    Nice post. Its a milestone in the field of social media. Thank you.

  • American

    i think this is quite advantageous for all.

  • Nostoce90

    My thought same 

  • American

    ya that's right.due to piracy many company fall in loss.thanks

  • American

      this is a victory of social media sites. we want more article from your end.

  • Nur Amin

    Doing duplicate is on of the legal actions. Therefore it is not excellent. Good publish I like the described  problem in the publish.

  • American

    We mus protect our society..
    So its the best way to protect our society
    thanks

  • Justin Frank

    copyright laws is for protecting there goods. but sometimes it also make frustrated people who are simply surfing websites. so no copyright laws will be successful i guess

  • Binay_dangol

    Thanks for the blog. it was truly informative.

  • American

    Doing copy is on of the criminal activities. Therefore it is not good. Nice post I like the mentioned  issue in the post.

  • Alex hardware

    Copyright is always good for owner. But it should be helpful others also.

  • alex whitfield

     In one side silent killing of Original goods, in another view copyright gives popularity of goods.

  • http://twitter.com/mdmirzahasan Md. Mirza Hasan

    This is very useful rules which is issued by the court. Creativity is the best but copy is more useful for them who does not create something. 

  • American

    This is the right thing to do.We should maintain the rule

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/QU4CQ6J5HC7ZZ5JLJSUUOFGPMU Fool

    It is great thing to save our socity and should follow that.Thanks

  • paul jones

    If copy and pest was not invented many of us may have less opportunity to learn.

  • Con Bela

    We must protect our society..
    So its one of the best ways to protect to do so.

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