Is this legal??

[blademast3r]

Hey ppl...
Lets say i hav all DVD's(original) of sm tv series(say friends) now would it be legal to cut out the best parts frm episodes (not more than 3 mins) nd upload it onto youtube for ppl to watch?? i mean its not the whole episode...nd not in hq...so is this legal??

[ravi_9793]

I think you need to have permission for that from the company.Read terms and conditions on the DVD case.

^^ correct i also think so.

[enticer86]

^^ +1

[victor_rambo]

Illegal.
Reason: You are republishing the original word without permission from the owner.

Ofcourse, Copyright Laws do allow some exceptions but what you want to do with those clips will not allow you to claim those exceptions.

[Pathik]

And the company isn't going to give such permission. So it isn't legal.

[jal_desai]

i dont think there wud be any problem... coz i have seen many programs aired on tv being uploaded on youtube... do u think those ppl have taken exclusive rights from the producers.... ( well i dont think so ). Look on the brighter side... u r advertising their programmes... he he

[victor_rambo]

Originally Posted by jal_desai

i dont think there wud be any problem... coz i have seen many programs aired on tv being uploaded on youtube... do u think those ppl have taken exclusive rights from the producers.... ( well i dont think so ). Look on the brighter side... u r advertising their programmes... he he

Those people are doing it illegally. And that 'you are doing free publicity/advertising for them' is no excuse to offend.

Similar questions...

1. I want to edit some original movie discs (only for my personal viewing). Is it legal?

2. I want to rip some original audio discs to my hard disc. Is it legal?

[blademast3r]

well technically speaking i guess they would be illegal....cos the eula allows u to use the product but not modify it rite...

[axxo]

Originally Posted by jal_desai

i dont think there wud be any problem... coz i have seen many programs aired on tv being uploaded on youtube... do u think those ppl have taken exclusive rights from the producers.... ( well i dont think so ). Look on the brighter side... u r advertising their programmes... he he

am not the one doing this fella

[hansraj]

@axxo
first n foremost, if the orig axxo finds u na.... then he is going to chew ..... lol.

[napster007]

dude take my advise: the thing is illegal but no one give a **** these days so do what ever you want to.

u cant call it a crime anyways.

[nvidia]

^^+1.
Just upload it...

[axxo]

^ having a dedicated site for that

[hullap]

oh i got an idea why not pm the orig. aXXo on dark side rg forum

[axxo]

^ this is kollywood axxo not hollywood aXXo

[hullap]

i kno just jokin

[Hackattack]

Who cares, just search any thing for e.g. "friends" and you will see some hundreds of videos.
As long as the content is not controversial, you can relax.
They ain't gonna catch you, worst only your user id might get banned, but thats a rare case.
So just relax and upload the damn videos and let us see.

[hullap]

^^^ +1

[NucleusKore]

Illegal