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Originally Posted by wige
Actually, I see two possible problems with embedding these videos on a commercial web site. The first is that you may be violating the terms of use of YouTube by embedding content on a commercial site, rather than a personal blog - their policy strictly prohibits embedding videos for the purposes of advertisement.
Second, you don't have a fair use claim to the use of the background music because, unlike Google which only shows a representative, reduced copy of the media for purposes of demonstrating indexed content, you are using a full song as the background of what could be argued is an advertisement on a commercial site. I think in this case you are on a very fine line, and quite possibly over it.
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I don't see how embedding a YouTube on one's blog could be construed as commercial use, under typical circumstances, wige. On a website, I could more easily imagine it, though. I fully agree with you about the background music. What about the clips from various TV programs and movies, though? Aren't they just as proprietary (and in many cases, the cost of production for the artist, much higher)?