How to steal Videos from pond5…

Do these belong to any of you?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rJ8Z_7WR6M&NR=1

Why steal ... prices are almost a give-away already ;) ... just a little jab LOL

Haha...

Yeah I don't get it, it's not like you have to pay hundreds of dollars for my work here.

looks like "sparkles" is code for stock footage, all references to sparkles need to be deleted.

This ones got the p5 water mark on one of the videos....
This is why I never offer "free clip of the week" on any site.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QON7GBc1Nfc&feature=fvw

I find it hilarious that they mention fair use in the description of one of those videos.

lol this is from one of the youtubers chanels.

"do not upload my videos to youtube. they are for my channel, i worked hard to make them. There is no excuse. Just dont upload them. I hate copycats.""

The question is now should we all log in to youtube and collectively harrass them? and personally report the clips? Or do we let pond5 deal with this?

The fact that some of these clips have the watermark on them should trigger copyright infringement on the user account at youtube. Google must take action. However, only Pond5 can submit the claim. If you click on the little flag on any youtube video it allows you to file a copyright infringement notice to youtube.


Here is the link it send you to if you do select copyright infringement:
http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?answer=58127


Since the Pond5 watermark are contained in many of these vids... it would be best for Ponds 5 to take action. Perhaps make a list of all the vids and users on Youtube that do this and send one long notice to Google!

The fair use law in the USA is pretty wide open. Most anything can be used as "editorial" and even used inside other derivative works without violating copyright laws. Now removing watermarks is an admission of theft. If you do some searches for your name and video you will find dozens of web sites with P5 video. many of them link back to Pond5, others do not. The use of P5 and other sites videos is widely done throughout the world. Removing watermarks to resell or use commercial is just wrong.

Well for every thing of mine I have already contacted Youtube about since I'm the copyright holder. I also said on one of there pages I will be looking to prosecute. I also contacted there host and requested exact numbers of how many times my personal work has been downloaded. I also threatened them with legal action if the link is not removed right away, and if I'm not provided with the information I'm seeking. I provided proof the work is mine and told them they are not authorized to distribute my work in any way.

As far as anyone that wants to get on there and harass them personally , while I do find that fair in instances like this, I'm not going to because I'm looking at going through the legal channels to re coupe damages for stolen property...