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Posting Commercials on Your Web

Is that legal or illegal?

         

dailypress

4:12 pm on Dec 5, 2006 (gmt 0)

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I had a website with interesting commercials and Video ads posted.
I was assuming companies would like a free ride and would not mind if we were to post Ads and Commercials on our site with out their permission. After reading some tips/hints on this forum I was a bit paranoid and removed all pages.At the end of the commercial, the product or company is obviously advertised because thats the whole purpose of the commercial therefore credit is already being given to the owner. Would it cause a problem to add mydomain.com on this video and host it on my website?
Please let me know as much as possible because it hurts after spending so much time, I must remove all content.
How would it be possible to contact all these companies and ask for their permission? (probably 80% of them wont even reply to my email, i.e. Pepsi, and other huge companies wont bother writing back)
What would you suggest?
I am talking about popular Commercials posted everywhere on the web (i.e. Google video, YouTube and...)

rj87uk

4:16 pm on Dec 5, 2006 (gmt 0)

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I was assuming companies would like a free ride and would not mind if we were to post Ads and Commercials on our site with out their permission.

There will be others that will know a lot more than me on this but sounds like (to me) that you are talking about viral type videos and if that is the case then it should be ok, I mean thats why they are created to build a brand online?

I might be talking rubbish, I never really deal with videos etc.

dailypress

4:25 pm on Dec 5, 2006 (gmt 0)

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No, Im talking about funny clips, commercials. Popular Commercials where you see on the Superbowl or on TV in the US. Or Funny X-rated European commercials.
Please advice.

bobothecat

4:41 pm on Dec 5, 2006 (gmt 0)



It would be the same answer to the question you asked yesterday in regards to the same subject:

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dailypress

9:41 pm on Dec 5, 2006 (gmt 0)

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I think you paste the wrong URL. But yes it is similar. I removed all video/pics for now until I get permission later on. I didnt think running a small online business could cause such problems.

jtara

1:01 am on Dec 6, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Why even bother posting these on your site? Just link to the video on YouTube, Google Video, etc. Let them have the copyright woes.

Most of these sites permit you to embed their videos on your page.

dailypress

7:17 pm on Dec 9, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Yes. Thats a good idea. I got rid of all files on my new website and will have to search for the files again and start all over.