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"I believe the problem is the length of your clip. 90 seconds is a long time in terms of both new media such as viral clips and the land of the animated gif as well but surprisingly also in traditional media where TV news segments are only 1 minute 10 seconds long. "
Why should a 1 minute news clip get copyright protection. Is the commentary really so valuable and insightful to deserve protection? I don't believe their can be much substance given within 1 minute of news.
YouTube vs. Fair Use
In YouTube: The Big Copyright Lie, I described my love-hate relationship with YouTube, at least as it existed in way back in the dark ages of 2007. Now think back through all the videos you've watched on YouTube. How many of them contained any original content? It's perhaps the ultimate case...
I can think of a method that might be able to circumvent the detection but I like youtube so I'm not sure I would want people to be able to easily do this. Tell me what techniques you've tried and I'll tell you if it is the one I'm thinking of.
YouTube vs. Fair Use
In YouTube: The Big Copyright Lie, I described my love-hate relationship with YouTube, at least as it existed in way back in the dark ages of 2007. Now think back through all the videos you've watched on YouTube. How many of them contained any original content? It's perhaps the ultimate case...
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