[dave weil]

On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:10:31 GMT, Jenn
wrote:

Is it stealing music when people make their own music videos from commercial
audio recordings and post them on YouTube?

That's about to be debated in the courts. Stay tuned.

Well, it wouldn't be stealing for the person who made the video,
unless it could be proved that he or she used the video to make money
in some fashion outside of YouTube (this *might* be argued if the
video was linked to a commercial site). YouTube could be considered
liable however, since their display of the material could be argued to
support their operation from a financial standpoint. After all, even
non-profit, non-commercial radio stations have to pay royalties.