So I was flicking through stuff on the SF YouTube channel, and they are posting loads of stuff from the BBC and RTÉ.
The stuff surely isn’t being licenced is it? I can’t imagine RTÉ selling episodes of Claire Byrne Live to SF, or the BBC selling them their political programmes.
If they are just taking stuff, and running ads on it for that matter this really shouldn’t be allowed. No party should be allowed take full shows from a broadcaster and use it for their own political gain.
I could be totally wrong here, maybe parties do just buy stuff from the broadcasters, but 213,000 watching Claire Byrne on the Sinn Fein YouTube channel is wrong for so many reasons, and is in my view a threat to the freedom of the media. It’s taking money away from journalism and just handing it to political parties. That’s very bad.
A few examples:
Claire Byrne live full show on SF YouTube channel:
Mary Lou on late late show:
The frontline | Mary Lou Puts Rabbit Nack In His Box :
BBC hard talk:
BBC Question Time:
If anyone can explain to me what’s going on here, or just sharing your views I’d be interested? And if other parties are doing the same please also share.
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I could be totally wrong here, maybe parties do just buy stuff from the broadcasters, but 213,000 watching Claire Byrne on the Sinn Fein YouTube channel is wrong for so many reasons, and is in my view a threat to the freedom of the media. It’s taking money away from journalism and just handing it to political parties. That’s very bad.
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Why?
Copyright holders can easily lodge a copyright claim with Youtube if there is no agreement in place.
As long as you’re not jumping to insane conclusions or anything
Think it’s called fair use. Idk for certain
I can’t talk about Sinn Fein.
I could talk about another party except for the fact that I have confidentiality clauses on my employment. I don’t work for a political party but a political party is a client.
No names.
That party has an agreement with RTE that if their people are on a show the party can rebroadcast parts or all for non profit party political purposes.
I would assume that that’s a standard agreement all parties have with rte.
Better not look at Tiktok.
Short extracts are likely covered by the “fair dealing” exemption in our copyright law:
>Copyright Exceptions
>Copyright exceptions are limited circumstances where you can use copyright protected works without seeking permission from the copyright owner. The Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000 contains a number of copyright exceptions. **One such exception is “fair dealing”, under this exception you are allowed to copy limited extracts of a work provided the use is for non-commercial purposes that will not prejudice the interests of the copyright owner.** Such use must also be accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement identifying the author and title of the work. Copying all or a large amount of a work is not considered fair dealing.
https://enterprise.gov.ie/en/what-we-do/innovation-research-development/intellectual-property/copyright/
As for full episodes, it’s quite likely they just pay to use or broadcast those episodes.
I’m very confused as to how political parties doing this is “taking money away from journalism”. Both RTE and the BBC are funded by the tax payers. If they’re buying full episodes or entering into licencing agreements with these broadcasters then they are *contributing* to these organisations, not taking money away from them.