[eagleforev01]

I need to upload a video I found on YouTube onto my weebly (a website) my teacher gave us an assignment to put one of our favorite videos off YouTube and also what's the url of the website thank u!!

[Clough]

Hi, eagleforev01!

From my understanding, you would go to Multimedia when you're editing your pages on weebly.com and drag the YouTube icon onto the page. At that point, you should be able to find how to do everything that you need to do.

Thanks!

[morgaine300]

Um... wouldn't that be a violation of copyright?

[InfoJunkie4Life]

Any personal information or video content that you voluntarily disclose online (e.g., video comments, your profile page) may be collected and used by others.

Any videos that you submit to YouTube may be redistributed through the internet and other media channels, and may be viewed by other YouTube users or the general public.

I suppose it is legal... but then they turn around and say:

You agree not to distribute in any medium any part of the Website, including but not limited to User Submissions (defined below), without YouTube's prior written authorization.

If you use the YouTube Embeddable Player on your website, you must include a prominent link back to the YouTube website on the pages containing the Embeddable Player and you may not modify, build upon, or block any portion of the Embeddable Player in any way.

You may access User Submissions for your information and personal use solely as intended through the provided functionality of the YouTube Website. You shall not copy or download any User Submission unless you see a “download” or similar link displayed by YouTube on the YouTube Website for that User Submission.

You shall be solely responsible for your own User Submissions and the consequences of posting or publishing them. In connection with User Submissions, you affirm, represent, and/or warrant that: you own or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to use and authorize YouTube to use all patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights in and to any and all User Submissions to enable inclusion and use of the User Submissions in the manner contemplated by the Website and these Terms of Service.

For clarity, you retain all of your ownership rights in your User Submissions. However, by submitting User Submissions to YouTube, you hereby grant YouTube a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicenseable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform the User Submissions in connection with the YouTube Website and YouTube's (and its successors' and affiliates') business, including without limitation for promoting and redistributing part or all of the YouTube Website (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through any media channels. You also hereby grant each user of the YouTube Website a non-exclusive license to access your User Submissions through the Website, and to use, reproduce, distribute, display and perform such User Submissions as permitted through the functionality of the Website and under these Terms of Service. The above licenses granted by you in User Videos terminate within a commercially reasonable time after you remove or delete your User Videos from the YouTube Website. You understand and agree, however, that YouTube may retain, but not display, distribute, or perform, server copies of User Submissions that have been removed or deleted. The above licenses granted by you in User Comments are perpetual and irrevocable.

They kind of go back and forth on the matter. Generally speaking though, if you use their player and don't claim it as your own, they will leave you alone.

[eagleforev01]

Umm it's not copyright because YouTube has credit for it and everything and I never said it was my video or that I had anything to do with it, it's just a video I thought was good and not to mention it's for an english project, my teacher told us it was OK and why would the website weebly itself put YouTube as one of it's icons on the multimedia tab? So I think I'm good

[Clough]

You're fine, eagleforev01!

The "Fair Use" of copyrighted material is also something that needs to be considered. Considerable information about that, can be found via clicking on the following link.

Copyright and Fair Use - Information & Library Services - UMUC

Again, to emphasize, what you're doing is okay!

Thanks!

[InfoJunkie4Life]

Thanks Clough...

I didn't even think of the education "clause" under the Fair Use policies. I was just reading youtube's disclaimer.

[NeedKarma]

Just use the embed code that is available for any YouTube video. There is no copyright issue here at all.

[eagleforev01]

Thanks 4 all of your help, all of you I really appreciate it