Fair Use Myths

What are the common copyright myths that this video talks about? Do any of these go against what you thought you knew about copyright? What are three more important questions you have about copyright and how it applies to filmmaking?

Take time to craft a 3 paragraph response to what you've learned about the future of work in this video.

Common Copyright Myths

1. It you're not making money off of it, it is okay

I didn't necessarily believe in this myth because Youtube gives copyright strikes even to those who do not  earn money from the video. Whether it is in the form of money, the one who produced the content is benefitting from the utilized content one way or another. Are there specific guidelines for using copyrighted material when you ARE using it for profit?

2. Commercial use is not okay.

Although it is not a distinguishing factor, commercial use is not an excuse to copyrighted materials out of the fair use laws. How will commercial use be considered okay? Would the content creator have to buy the content from the creator of the used material?

3. A specific number of seconds or less is always fair use

Although it would allow the content creator to feel more secure about using copyrighted material if there was a specific laws such as this one, this is simply not the case. Before I came to this class, I was watching videos regarding copyright that gave me this false information. However, I understand now that that is not the case.