Youtube showing full feature films

Cafe Society
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I notice recently that youtube has many feature films. I am happy with this. I just wondered has their policy changed on copyright etc? Or the movie studios do not mind?

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Many studios, including MGM, Sony, and CBS, are now providing full-length movies and TV shows for YouTube with limited commercial interruption. (CBS and MGM have actually been doing it for a while- but a number of other studios have jumped on board and it’s being publicized more.)

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I have heard that. But I am talking about just normal users posting movies in about 10 parts of 10 minutes each

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Oh yes. Those are definitely unauthorized. Some studios are more litigious than others- YouTube’s official policy is not to remove any videos unless they receive a formal complaint from the copyright holder.

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The people who’ve posted probably just haven’t been caught yet.

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They used to be taken down almost immediately before but now they are not. Is youtube just not bothering or movie studios do not care or are there too many on the site?

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Since YouTube’s policy is not to remove them until a complaint is lodged (I’d wager because there’s just too many videos and accounts on the site to actively police), it’s all in how studious the copyright holder is in hunting down the movies.

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I just noticed this thread and was checking YouTube’s movies and thought this might be of interest. They have “Hercules In New York”. Ah-nold is still credited as “Arnold Strong - Mr. Universe,” but the American actor who dubbed his voice has been removed from the soundtrack. The voice is Arnie’s own. It’s a full 90 minutes in length, not chopped up into 10 minute bits, and appears to be studio-authorized content, so it’ll be up for awhile if anybody wants to check out Arnie’s first starring role.

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They’re a bit more proactive than this, at least with soundtracks. I just uploaded a video that parodied Ghost, and their software detected the Righteous Brothers and blocked the audio right away. I then submitted a dispute, and the audio was unblocked pending resolution.

I don’t know if they have similar technologies for video (I suspect it might be a bit too tricky), but they’ll certainly block stuff without checking first.