Not sure if this is the right place or, in fact, just a stupid question... but...

WA_Gates

WA_Gates

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Hi guys,

So I have a rather... odd question, which may be really obvious but for the life of me I can't figure it out.

In some videos (such as for example the X Men:Apocalypse Trailer by Jeremy Jahns at around the 0:48 second mark - I can't link the clip in here unfortunately) they have actual clips from the films/trailers in their videos. Now I know that these clips are from the trailers or films, but what my question is, is where do they get the clips/footage from the films or trailers. I realise the trailers can be downloaded from various sites but do they literally just download them and then cut out the sections they want to use in their videos?

Is that permitted by YouTube or does it have any copyright violations, it just seems a bit... odd?

Anyway sorry for the potentially stupid question, I would just like to add some stuff like this to my movie reviews as I think it's a nice addition to help explain certain things I'm saying etc. but I don't want to do anything that would get me in trouble!

Thanks!
 
I'm pretty sure they just download the trailer off a site then edit them for use in video. It is allowed since (at least in this case) the person is using the footage for a review/critique of something which I'm pretty certain falls under fair use, additionally since they are adding their own commentary, effects, and such it now a whole new product so they can't really get in trouble for it. If they had just ripped it and put it up with no additions (commentary) then that would probably be a violation.
 
It falls under fair use since his critiquing/reviewing a video however some companies still try to take videos down because they don't like to be seen in a bad light. Now that copyright law has become more popular and more serious companies don't get away with it as much because imagine taking down every review on the internet out there just because you want your movie to do well when it's really dog s**t, it just ain't fair. So it has become easier for YouTube reviewers nowadays to do their jobs and not get hassled by corporate assholes so much :D
Here is the YouTube FAQ on fair use, clears up a lot of myths (https://www.youtube.com/yt/copyright/en-GB/fair-use.html)
 
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