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Chances are you’ve already seen this video floating around the web.
It’s got all the makings of a viral hit: Pop culture, children laughing, baby dancing and it isn’t staged per se.
But where did this video come from?
The video posted here on ChurchMag came from the source. However, there are many re-posts floating around YouTube. Here’s what the YouTube description reads from the father who recorded this video originally:
“Fast asleep on a little car ride, she can sleep thru anything…anything but her favorite song! Enjoy! 🙂
EDIT:Yes, this is the original. I posted it on Facebook first and someone snitched it from there and posted it on YouTube. So I decided to post it here so if anyone was going to get credit for it, it might as well be the one who made it! Either way I’m having fun watching all the attention its gotten…and for me the best part about it is that my daughters got to make a lot of people smile and laugh…HOW COOL IS THAT!Obviously the songs in this video aren’t mine, but my daughter makes one all hers, haha!”
Interesting, right?
Think about it for a second. A father took a video of his kids, posted it on Facebook and someone pulled it offline and uploaded it to their own YouTube–and in some cases, had more views! What’s up with that? Who posts other peoples children on their YouTube, anyway?
The Internet can be a shady place sometimes and this is a good reminder that we try our best to make sure we give credit where credit is due.
Would you post a video on YouTube that was taken from someone else on Facebook? Is this ethical? Does it matter?
Would love to hear your thoughts on this.
David says
It is simply a matter of advertising dollars. Even if you only get a fraction of the plays of a hit video, you stand to make some money. A complaint would only end in that video being nixed; the damage is already done & the money made.
Eric Dye says
Who makes the money?
ThatGuyKC says
If the video wasn’t already on YouTube I might w/ their permission. However, sharing a video of someone else’s little kids is just creepy.
Eric Dye says
I’m with you.
Chip Dizard says
I have three girls, and if someone ripped my video off and made ad money I would be mad. These days you don’t know what can go viral. Sharing kids videos is just strange, esp if they are not your kids.
Raoul Snyman says
The reality is that no matter what you think, stuff like this is going to happen. If you put *anything* up on the Internet, whether you like it or not, you’re pretty much putting it in the public domain. If you don’t want people copying it, don’t put it on the Internet. Plain and simple.
Alternately, instead of embodying those groups like the RIAA (who can’t seem to get their heads around the digital age), try looking into Creative Commons licensing where you can specify less restrictive licensing terms of your content.
Oh, and remember, copyright is not the same as licensing. Creative Commons stuff is still copyrighted, it is just *licensed* differently.
Eric Dye says
True, however, just because the Internet makes it easy to “copy” doesn’t mean it’s okay. Although it DOES make it next to impossible to patrol.