Content On Youtube Blocked On Copyright Grounds.

Something weird just happened. I tried to watch something I uploaded to Youtube. And I found it was blocked by its owner on copyright grounds. I guess I can tell you. It was a clip from Shakespeare play that the BBC showed a long time ago. I was surprised that happened because had been up for a while with no problem. So I am not sure how that happens. Youtube gave it the copyright test, and it passed. But I guess someone still wanted it down.

So I guess you never know when that will happen. Then if you want that same from the Shakespeare play up on Youtube, you just have to find another version, right? And the person who took it down, the BBC. They won't necessarily object to me showing other clips of their shows. I should just post it and see what happens then. Right?

Like I said, I didn't even know that happened or how that works.

EDIT: I don't know if I made clear. Look above. It was a CLIP from Shakespeare play. Just a short clip, which is why I am surprise. Sometimes people put whole movies and plays up there. (But usually they are of very bad quality, I've noticed.)

 

Thank you for your reply, skip. But I'm also confused by a couple of things. There's something called the fair use doctrine. And there's also the idea that they only take copyrighted material down, off of Youtube for example, if the copyright holder complains. And then there is the internet, where people share so much anyways, people usually don't care if you use copyrighted material. Usually only if you are a company, in other words a business or commercial site, trying to use someone's graphics or something. Although copyrights theoretically apply to private individuals too, unless those private individuals are protected under the fair use doctrine. And basically, sometimes the three things I just said overlap each other a lot.

And the BBC is a public service broadcaster founded by the UK government. I never heard of a government having a copyright, but I guess they do sometimes. And, I am not sure if the copyright holder you are dealing with is a government if that would change anything in anyway.

Like I said, this is the first time this ever happened to me. I think the best thing to do on Youtube is play it by ear. Put stuff up. And even if it passes the first Youtube copyright test, just wait and see if it is taken down.

 

I was also going to ask about idea of public domain. Anyone can use anything that is public domain. But what would always be that? What about universities and the some video they recorded? A public university is never private or a corporation. So how would that work for them?