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Copyright:
Copyright refers to the legal right of the owner of intellectual property to do or authorise the doing of any act specified under the Indian Copyright Act, 1957 in respect of any work. As no right is absolute, the doctrine of “Fair Use” covered under the section 52 of the 1957 Act, is an exception to the rights of the author i.e., a person can reuse copyrighted content without the owner’s permission for comments, research, criticisms, news reporting, scholarship and teaching. India has adopted DRM (Digital right management) under the Indian Copyright Act, 1957 via the 2012 amendment.. This restricts the use of copyrighted materials using technologies.
Youtube has become a leading platform for expressing one's view and creating content which can be viewed by billions of people. Due to its easy accessibility, it has also become a vicinity for copyright infringers. Thus, the following policies can be followed to ensure the protection of copyrighted content.
Types of copyrights policies:
Copyright claim:
Copyright claims are mainly applicable to Music. Many music companies will have copyrights for their music. YouTubers cannot use those Music for their content in youtube channels. But, they can use such music for the purpose of comment, criticism, research etc., In case they use the music for the content then the remuneration of that particular video will be claimed by the Music company which has its copyright.
Copyright strike:
This policy applies when one person uses the content belonging to someone else without their permission. In this situation, the copyright owner can formally notify the Youtube that the specified person has no permission to use his content. As a result of which the Youtube takes the following measures:
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