Follow the link for further reading.MPAA: you can infringe copyright just by embedding a video
By Timothy B. Lee | Published about 7 hours ago
The Motion Picture Association of America is squaring off against a coalition of Internet giants and public interest groups over the key question of whether it's possible to directly infringe copyright by embedding an image or video hosted by a third party.
A federal judge took that position last July, prompting a chorus of criticism. Two briefs—one by Google and Facebook, the other by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Public Knowledge—attacked the decision as contrary to past precedents and potentially disruptive to the Internet economy. They asked the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn it.
Last week, the MPAA joined the fray with a brief in support of Illinois federal judge John F. Grady's ruling. It urged the Seventh Circuit not to draw a legal distinction between hosting content and embedding it. In the MPAA's view, both actions should carry the risk of liability for direct copyright infringement.
The case arose from a dispute over Internet pornography. MyVidster is a video bookmarking site that allows users to save links to their favorite videos and share them with others. The site supports embedding, so bookmarked videos can be viewed on a myVidster page surrounded by myVidster ads.
A porn company called Flava Works discovered numerous myVidster pages with embedded Flava videos. MyVidster did not host the videos—they were streamed by third-party hosting sites such as RedTube—but Flava sent myVidster DMCA takedown notices anyway. MyVidster claims it complied with these takedown notices, but evidently its response didn't satisfy Flava, which eventually sued for copyright infringement.
Hosting vs. embedding
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MPAA: Embedding a video is copyright infringement.
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MPAA: Embedding a video is copyright infringement.
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Listen MPAA, going after movie and music sharers is one thing... but when you threaten the ready supply of free internet porn you risk unleashing the Kracken
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A case ofjamin_za wrote:Listen MPAA, going after movie and music sharers is one thing... but when you threaten the ready supply of free internet porn you risk unleashing the Kracken
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Re: MPAA: Embedding a video is copyright infringement.
Found out that in SA our own Dalro et al has legislation that expects any Internet Cafe to pay fees to them "because the people will download music and videos".
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Thus that would make it legal 
Anyway that is retarded it is like minority report put people in jail for something they haven't done yet
Anyway that is retarded it is like minority report put people in jail for something they haven't done yet
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Actually they have been going round libs and have been fining them.... can't even play music in the lib if you don't have a license with them...
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Re: MPAA: Embedding a video is copyright infringement.
Same with these telephone on hold systems. It is illegal to play commercial music. You can make your won and then play it though - as long as you own copyright
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Sounds easier just to shoot the spy and put it in the back of the lib
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