YouTube License System
The YouTube License System is a system of rules protecting the intellectual property of both content creators and YouTube. As it is a part of IT law, these rules need to be followed when using YouTube. These rules are complemented by further terms and may vary between regions. YouTube defines the use of its services as acceptance of its terms of service
Importance
The importance of these rules is given by the number of events, uploads, views, downloads, they concern.
;Uploads
In 2015 there were 400 hours playing time uploaded every minute,
;Downloads
YouTube's Video portal is accessed by 1 one billion times a month by active users worldwide. As the view of any Video clip or Video is related to financial interests or revenues, therefore click fraud occurs.. YouTube's Revenues were expected to 3,96 billion in 2018.
; Views
There are 5 billion videos watched on Youtube every day.
Goals
The system of YouTube licenses is to secure the coprights of their owners, especially those of videos and defines rules for the use of these videos. On behalf of this, the owner of the copyrights has to be declared in the content manager-account. The system protects also the economical interests of YouTube.
YouTube itself uses the adjoint cookies for evaluation, e.g. for advertising and its optimization
User types
YouTube addresses to different types of users, according the form of their use of its services. This includes also subscription business models
; Audience
Viewers - unregistered users - receive cookies, allowing an analysis of their user profile.
API authors - the providers of access of content to YouTube - have to follow the Google software rules.
License types
YouTube provides several types of licenses.
Standard YouTube license
;Upload
The standard-YouTube license is the default upload license. The terms are listed b the terms of use]].
Creative commons license
By the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC by) YouTubers may allow the use of their work to other persons. The CC by license allows both use and modification.
; Fair Use rules
Within the United States the rule of Fair Use allows reuse of copyright-protected material without license.
Sanctions
; Authors
Publishing copyright protected work without an appropriate license on YouTube may be reported by the copyright owner to YouTube.
; API-Programmers
API-Programmers, not following the rules for the YouTube API services, may be sanctioned by restrictions and/or admission refusal.
Saveguards
Content filter, controling videos during upload on copyright violations are used to ensure publishing of legal content only.
Application
; Embedding of videos
Embedding of videos by Hotlinking is following the European Court of Justice jurisdiction nevertheless legal., as no different public is addressed.
Authors may prevent embedding for YouTube. This means an active license terms definition which is compulsory for users.
Consequences of embedding are given by the cookies, the content is connected to, These cookies are then linked to the embedding content.
Importance
The importance of these rules is given by the number of events, uploads, views, downloads, they concern.
;Uploads
In 2015 there were 400 hours playing time uploaded every minute,
;Downloads
YouTube's Video portal is accessed by 1 one billion times a month by active users worldwide. As the view of any Video clip or Video is related to financial interests or revenues, therefore click fraud occurs.. YouTube's Revenues were expected to 3,96 billion in 2018.
; Views
There are 5 billion videos watched on Youtube every day.
Goals
The system of YouTube licenses is to secure the coprights of their owners, especially those of videos and defines rules for the use of these videos. On behalf of this, the owner of the copyrights has to be declared in the content manager-account. The system protects also the economical interests of YouTube.
YouTube itself uses the adjoint cookies for evaluation, e.g. for advertising and its optimization
User types
YouTube addresses to different types of users, according the form of their use of its services. This includes also subscription business models
; Audience
Viewers - unregistered users - receive cookies, allowing an analysis of their user profile.
API authors - the providers of access of content to YouTube - have to follow the Google software rules.
License types
YouTube provides several types of licenses.
Standard YouTube license
;Upload
The standard-YouTube license is the default upload license. The terms are listed b the terms of use]].
Creative commons license
By the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC by) YouTubers may allow the use of their work to other persons. The CC by license allows both use and modification.
; Fair Use rules
Within the United States the rule of Fair Use allows reuse of copyright-protected material without license.
Sanctions
; Authors
Publishing copyright protected work without an appropriate license on YouTube may be reported by the copyright owner to YouTube.
; API-Programmers
API-Programmers, not following the rules for the YouTube API services, may be sanctioned by restrictions and/or admission refusal.
Saveguards
Content filter, controling videos during upload on copyright violations are used to ensure publishing of legal content only.
Application
; Embedding of videos
Embedding of videos by Hotlinking is following the European Court of Justice jurisdiction nevertheless legal., as no different public is addressed.
Authors may prevent embedding for YouTube. This means an active license terms definition which is compulsory for users.
Consequences of embedding are given by the cookies, the content is connected to, These cookies are then linked to the embedding content.
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