Does anyone know what YouTube’s stance is on monetization of videos composed of remixed/mashup/autotuned bits of popular broadcast content?
For example: Buttery Biscuit Base - this is composed entirely of clips from BBC’s Masterchef programme, remixed and set to an original beat.
Is this considered ‘fair use’? Can such a video be monetized on YouTube?
Fair use is pretty narrowly defined. Your example could possibly be considered parody, and thus O.K. The U.S. Copyright Office suggests that if there’s any question, you should seek permission.
I believe (but I may be mistaken) that someone doing a legitimate parody for commercial purposes still has to pay the mechanical license fee, they just don’t need the explicit permission normally required for a derivative work.
Thanks - that’s pretty much what I guessed and I suppose it’s quite fair.
There’s also this, which indicates that there are agreements in place with rights managing agencies that give the copyright holders a piece of the ad revenue from that type of video.