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Jeff Fisher  
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 More options May 18 2009, 5:01 pm
From: Jeff Fisher <jfis...@youtube.com>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 14:01:59 -0700
Local: Mon, May 18 2009 5:01 pm
Subject: Re: [YouTube-API] Re: ASCAP wants us to purchase a license for using the YouTube API
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Sorry if my original post was too vague. If you are approached by a
collecting society because you have embedded a YouTube video, please inform
the collecting society that they should contact YouTube directly so that we
may address their concerns.

Cheers,
-Jeff

On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 6:23 PM, hvidkja...@gmail.com
<hvidkja...@gmail.com>wrote:

> I am concerned about the same issue. I basically have a web site that
> includes many embedded YouTube videos. I was once approached by an
> ASCAP rep with the same demand: you must get a license or pay royalty
> fees.

> The link provided by Jeff above does not seem to address this issue at
> all. There is a copyright infringement issue, but that is separate
> from ASCAP / BMI royalties.

> I think YouTube needs to officially provide an answer to this
> question. It is central to the whole issue of embedding.


 
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