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Copyright infrigement question

Our man in Havana · 2009-01-10 14:08:42

Question: If someone puts footage from a TV show on youtube etc without permission i.e. infringed the original copyright and another tv program then shows the you tube clip are they are also infringing copyright?

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10-01-2009 3:08pm

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Our man in Havana

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Question: If someone puts footage from a TV show on youtube etc without permission i.e. infringed the original copyright and another tv program then shows the you tube clip are they are also infringing copyright?

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#2 10-01-2009 3:26pm
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Bond-007 wrote: »

Question: If someone puts footage from a TV show on youtube etc without permission i.e. infringed the original copyright and another tv program then shows the you tube clip are they are also infringing copyright?

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#3 11-01-2009 11:09pm
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Well, I think there are questions of context - if for example a news or technology program was doing a piece on copyright infringement and showed 5 seconds of the copyright material being shown on a computer, then I suspect it isn't a breach.

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