Re: Downloading videos from YouTube?

[John Ruttner <jruttner@xxxxxxxxx>]

Legal aspects aside, there really is no advantage to having a copy of the file
within Blackboard in any case, since you have the ability to embed the YouTube
player window within Blackboard. Having it housed locally would mean first
that it would take up space and it would have to come from a server  at your
local institution, which could do it no more quickly or reliably than getting
it from the YouTube server.

John




On Jan 11, 2012, at 9:39 AM, Godsey-Bell, Connie F. (LNG-DAY) wrote:

> Hi,
> YouTube's downloading policy says "downloading videos from YouTube is not
> supported ...", except for the instance of downloading your own uploaded
> videos to MP4.  See Downloading YouTube Videos
> (http://support.google.com/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=56100) and
> Section 5 of the Terms of Service (http://www.youtube.com/t/terms?hl=en_US)
> which says "...You shall not download any Content unless you see a
"download"
> or similar link displayed by YouTube on the Service for that Content. You
> shall not copy, reproduce, distribute, transmit, broadcast, display, sell,
> license, or otherwise exploit any Content for any other purposes without
the
> prior written consent of YouTube or the respective licensors of the
Content.
> ..."   I believe if you have written consent to download the content, it
> appears to be permissible. I don't think posting it in Blackboard without
> permission would be permissible. Thanks.
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cynthia Porter [mailto:cporter@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 7:09 PM
> To: digital-copyright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Downloading videos from YouTube?
>
> I gave a copyright presentation to faculty today (yay!) and I got some
> questions I couldn't answer.  I'll post them separately, so I can keep
> track of the answers easier.
>
> I told them that it was okay to put links to YouTube videos in their class
> materials.  One professor asked a related question:  *Is it was okay to
> download the video instead, and provide a copy to students within
> Blackboard?*
>
> Can you help me answer that question?
>
>
> Cynthia
>
> --
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> cporter@xxxxxxxx
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John Ruttner
Senior Instructional Designer
Online and Distributed Learning
CSUSB

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