EMI sues Vimeo for Copyright Infringement

[marshallkarp]

I keep telling you people to either make your own music or get permission:

EMI Labels Sue Vimeo for Copyright Infringement - Reviews by PC Magazine

To be fair, EMI contacted Vimeo first about taking down the videos, but it appears many are still there.

My thought, though, is a payday for EMI? They could have gone after the offenders, but where's the money in that?

 

[TSandM]

I honestly don't understand what EMI is trying to accomplish here. None of the videos on Vimeo are commercial (in the sense of charging for watching them) and for me, watching people's videos has been the impetus to go out and buy some recordings of music that I would otherwise never have encountered. I think it's better advertising than anything else.

 

[ronscuba]

Youtube leaves the videos on their site, but silences the audio.

 

[robint]

Youtube leaves the videos on their site, but silences the audio.

yes and no...... some videos they now leave up with the music, but put an ad on them with info on how to purchase the music. I like that and can live with it. To me that is a win-win situation.
I really hate when they mute the music.

 

[ronscuba]

yes and no...... some videos they now leave up with the music, but put an ad on them with info on how to purchase the music. I like that and can live with it. To me that is a win-win situation.
I really hate when they mute the music.

That sounds good. Guess they got approval from some of the artists.

 

[BDSC]

I think it's better advertising than anything else.

I couldn't agree more. When I do my videos, most of the time for the music I will use something I have found that I like and I think will go well with what I have shot. A lot of it is from some artists that a lot of people have never heard of. Several times I have been asked who did the music because people liked it. I tell them and they buy it. That's how I find a lot of what I use. I hear something I really like and ask about it and end up buying the album or whatever.

To me it's a win-win. The artist has now sold another album or song they wouldn't have that someone else can enjoy. They tell someone and on it goes. I see no real problem with it as long as I am not using the music to make any money or a profit or claim it as my own. All my videos are nothing more than vacation videos that I give out to my friends after a trip. And I always give credit at the end of the video to the artist who wrote the music.