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About the legality of hosting video/music content on the fediverse and the case of Youtube (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by PabloDiscobar@kbin.social to c/fediverse@kbin.social

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The content hosted on Youtube cannot be 100% hosted legally. It is impossible to believe that you can find a full album of Pink Floyd hosted on Youtube and that's a legal thing.

This is an extract from the support page of Google:

Videos removed or blocked due to YouTube's contractual obligations

YouTube enters into agreements with certain music copyright owners to allow use of their sound recordings and musical compositions.

What is the bottom line here? Is Youtube big enough to be allowed to publish full albums of Pink Floyd? Or does Youtube pay a dime to Universal so they are allowed to publish the audio content?

My question is: If Youtube can go away Scot's free with this, why can't the fediverse? If we start to host massive video/audio content, what will happen to the fediverse?

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[–] pragmakist@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There are artists who choose to upload their stuff to YouTube.
Pink Floyd has their own YouTube channel.

It is no doubt a calculated business decision.

What do you guess it will cost, and what will you gain.

Another thing is that it's generally not that difficult to get permission to use other peoples music.

There are standard systems and standard rates for that.

So if I want to use Pink Floyds music I can simply check whether they have opened up for that possibility ( and pay), and I'm good to go.

[–] PabloDiscobar@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Ok, cool. Nice to know that Pink Floyd is now in the business of selling ads.

[–] meldroc@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

That's pretty much it. If instances want to legally broadcast copyrighted content, they need to go through the licensing system. Generally involves giving them money, and to afford it, chances are good they'll need to put up ads.