QUESTION
Can someone use a YouTube video on their business website?
Asked on Aug 16th, 2016 on Intellectual Property - Georgia
More details to this question:
Hospitals, universities and physicians (inside and outside the U.S.) have posted videos to YouTube that would be good for educational purposes on a business website I am affiliated with. However, products are sold on the business website. Would it be copyright infringement if those YouTube videos were posted on the business website? Or is there any other legal reason not to use someone else's YouTube videos on a business website which not related to the creator of the video? Also, as an alternative, would it be okay to list the videos as "Recommended Videos" and provide the link so someone looking on the business website can input the link and view the videos?
1 ANSWER
I recommend you contact the owners of the copyrights for the videos and obtain permission to use the videos on your website. You might review some of the materials on copyright at www.copyright.com which is the Copyright Clearance Center. You may be able to obtain a license to use the videos thorugh the Copyright Clearance Center. Good luck
Answered on Aug 22nd, 2016 at 6:43 AM