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05/02/2013 12:16:13

Not_Coen
Not_Coen
Posts: 9 		After 2 or 3 years waiting to return to Muvizu with a computer capable of handling its needs, I'm just about to try testing it on my daughter's spare machine. It will only be running Windows and associated stuff like Media Player, Audacity etc. together with Muvizu - so here's hoping.

As a prelude to all that, I've been happily working my may through lots of Muvizu movies in the gallery and/or on Youtube and these have raised a BIG question in my mind .....

How come so many movies use actual soundtracks from TV programmes or music from CD's without Youtube slamming down hard and blocking them or requiring an audio swap?

Over the last few years, I've done a lot of animation and demos using other animation programs (especially Artoonix). Again and again I've had copyright warnings even if I've used a converted midifile for a song or tune. Same again for those rare occasions I've used an actual CD track. I always add a copyright disclaimer to the info notes for my uploads, but their systems seem able to detect copyright infringements withinin nano-seconds.

So how come I have found so many Muvizu uploads which go a lot further than I ever have in the way of using commercial TV or CD soundtracks?

It's a mystery that I hope you can solve.
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05/02/2013 12:31:01

Marco_D
Marco_D
Posts: 582 		Hi Not_Coen,

Welcome back to Muvizu.

Sometimes how YouTube handles copyright material is a mystery to all of us. Basically it's up to those who make the copyright claims. Depending on the record label, Tv channel, music bands, they all have different views on what to block and not to block.
If a record label says to YouTube, block all full songs people post, but not if it's only a short piece of the song then YouTube will only block the content if the song is fully on the video.

They even allow a normal user to make a claim over content. Then whoever made the claim has 2-3 weeks to make their case, otherwise the block is lifted.

It's really up to them, they own the copyrights so they have all the power.

I'm sure other users bumped into many different situations and so they will be able to provide additional feedback.

As to Muvizu, we can only display content YouTube makes available for sharing. Hence we have no saying on the matter. Although if the video comes through the YouTube system and it's not proper for our audience we may restrict it or block it.

I hope this helps you to understand how this works.

Cheers,
Marco
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