From: James Ziegler
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 14:21:28 -0600
I answered Karen directly but will answer here, too, for the benefit of
the list.
You should not give your students links to other people's illegally
posted videos for practice, even if you own the music yourself. For one
thing, the video may disappear at any moment because of a copyright
take-down request.
On 11/22/24 13:08, Ingalls, Karen L wrote:
> Does this include song MK8 videos on YouTube?
> Karen
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> From: James Ziegler
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> To: Ingalls, Karen L
> Subject: [MK8]Re: Important copyright info regarding YouTube videos
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> Karen and List,
>
> If you upload videos for kids to practice with at home, they MUST be set
> to unlisted or private. I've been finding and deleting dozens of videos
> every day that are not in compliance. I suggest you check your videos
> right now and switch all videos with our music to unlisted.
>
> Thank you.
>
>
> On 11/22/24 09:26, Ingalls, Karen L wrote:
>> Hi Jim,
>> Thank you for this information. I did share links to MK8 songs already on YouTube for my students to practice at home. I hope that is OK. I am in Bellevue WA and school has been closed due to horrible wind storms that have knocked out power for days so my choir has not been able to practice in person.
>>
>> I also own the volumes for every song we are singing.
>> Please let me know if this is not a copyright violation.
>> I love Plankroad Publishing!
>>
>> Karen Ingalls
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>> From: James Ziegler
>> Sent: Friday, November 22, 2024 5:21:54 AM
>> To: Ingalls, Karen L
>> Subject: [MK8]Important copyright info regarding YouTube videos
>>
>> CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.
>>
>>
>> Dear List,
>> Here's an important reminder about posting videos on YouTube. If you
>> have a YouTube account and use any of our music on it, please verify
>> that you are in compliance.
>>
>> Any videos with Plank Road Publishing music - except videos of your
>> students' performances - must be shared ONLY with your students, so the
>> videos (and playlists, if applicable) MUST be set to unlisted or
>> private. If you are unsure how to set a video to unlisted, an internet
>> search will provide simple instructions. You can share links to the
>> unlisted videos with your students so they can practice.
>>
>> If a video is set to public, anyone in the world can find it, and that
>> breaks our copyright policies. Videos breaking our copyright policies
>> may be removed without notice, and you may receive a strike against your
>> YouTube account, which can lead to cancellation of your YouTube account.
>>
>> In addition, please include our writer credits/copyright information
>> (usually found on the first page of the music notation) in the rehearsal
>> video and remove the video after the performance.
>>
>> Note that once a copyright claim has been made, simply switching to
>> unlisted will not cancel the claim. You will need to remove the video
>> and re-upload it as unlisted.
>>
>> Videos of your students performing our songs may be set to public and
>> shared with anyone. Those videos will not be removed.
>>
>> You can read our copyright policies in more detail here:
>> https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https://www.musick8.com/html/permissions.php&data|02|ingallsk@bsd405.org|7bf2c99ba2674543111d08dd0b1a74ff|994a41397c06491e809879006d575de0|0|0|638678930499253485|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ==|0|||&sdata=TspeONHtgpjVPJcQLz2mXIw2UhTgpLrtvJw7nPfr5H8=&reserved=0
>>
>> Thank you for your understanding in this matter.
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