# Links to YouTube allowed

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-to-youtube-allowed/383734>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [December 11, 2006, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-to-youtube-allowed/383734 "2006-12-11T20:50:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-to-youtube-allowed/383734/1 "2006-12-11T20:50:21Z")

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This board is very stringent with respect to copyright, links to illegal download sites, etc. Are links to YouTube allowed (given that some of the clips may have copyrighted material therein)?

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**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-to-youtube-allowed/383734/2 "2006-12-11T21:59:07Z")

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> **[Linking to Youtube and Google Video](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=386509)**
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> Is linking to Youtube and/or Google Video allowed? As you’re probably aware, both services contain a mix of public domain/“legal” videos and copyrighted/“illegal” videos. I don’t think that we as SDMB posters should be put in the position of having...

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=393929&highlight=YouTube](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=393929&highlight=YouTube)

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**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-to-youtube-allowed/383734/3 "2006-12-11T23:55:13Z")

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[QUOTE=Contrapuntal]

> **[Linking to Youtube and Google Video](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=386509)**
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> Is linking to Youtube and/or Google Video allowed? As you’re probably aware, both services contain a mix of public domain/“legal” videos and copyrighted/“illegal” videos. I don’t think that we as SDMB posters should be put in the position of having...

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=393929&highlight=YouTube](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=393929&highlight=YouTube)  
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Ah, thank you.