YouTube Understands English Copyright Law??

RalphM wrote on 8/17/2014, 3:30 PM
YouTube flagged one of the sermons my church posts because someone claimed we violated copyright.

The violation? One of our priests sang a verse from "What Child is This?"
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Let's see, the music is "Greensleeves", first published in the 1580's. The lyrics are by William Chatterton Dix, published ca. 1870 in England. Wm Dix died in 1898, so the copyright should have expired in 1968 in most countries.

Anyone know English law on this??

Thanks,
Ralph

Comments

Former user wrote on 8/17/2014, 3:43 PM
Challenge it on youtube. Chances are you will pass.
wwjd wrote on 8/17/2014, 3:54 PM
Youtube needs help. I've had non-existing companies challenge music, with NO detail, fail my challenge. Not sure how much more invalid a claim has to be before they let it go. Clearly, someone is getting paid more then they are worth at youtube
TheHappyFriar wrote on 8/17/2014, 4:20 PM
Well, could that song by under Kings copyright? :)

I had a video flagged because it contained part of the Columbine 911 calls. I looked up who accused my of copyright infringement and it turns out they made a "song" that contained the whole 911 call and had it registered with Youtube.

I agree they need help. If a company makes to many false claims they should get all their status revoked, just like if I actually steel and post to much on youtube.

Not sure about English law, but in the US I could make my own cover of "What child is this", register it with Youtube, and it could catch (for example) a sermon that has a very similar sounding version. Of course I wouldn't expect someone to pay me for using a public domain song, but there's people out there who do.

EDIT: I'm not 100% sure who reviews copyright claims, but the same Columbine video I made I used a Faith Hill song and said I believe I got fair use of that song for that specific video. It passed. So it's possible someone who files the claim could review your complaint and say "Ok, nevermind".
musicvid10 wrote on 8/17/2014, 4:37 PM
Its a scam being conducted by unscrupulous "publishers." Thousands of them. They're hoping to extort some $ out of you.

Ignore it or challenge it or threaten the "publisher" with legal action. But don't expect it to go away any time soon.

If the singing was done to a recording, you are out of luck. They win.

RalphM wrote on 8/17/2014, 5:09 PM
Thanks for all the feedback.

musicvid10 - no, the priest has a good voice and he sang a capella (fortunately).

We have a CCLI license for the copyrighted music we use, but since this particular instance is all public domain, there is no licensing issue. Gotta love YouTube and the internet scammers - of course, YT is free to us, so no right to complain about them is there...
musicvid10 wrote on 8/17/2014, 5:14 PM
You might drop a note to the errant publisher and mention your professional membership, even if it doest specifically apply.
Lovelight wrote on 8/17/2014, 6:04 PM
Use vimeo.
NickHope wrote on 8/18/2014, 12:49 AM
These days YouTube closely follows DMCA procedure, so the power is more in the hands of the uploader/(infringer). If you follow the appeal process right to the conclusion you will win and have your video reinstated unless the claimant files an injunction, which they won't.