Embed Youtube video = copyright problems?

[Fre77]

First of all, sorry for my English. I am Dutch speaking, so I might have a lot of typos in this post.

I like to embed Youtube videos (travel videos) in my blog and website. A lot of people are posting beautiful self made videos on the web. In most cases they add background music to their video.
And here's my question about.

Is it legal to use (populair) music as background? If not, what will happen when I (and thousands of other people) will embed such videos in their blog or website? This happens every second...
Can we get problems embedding these kind of videos? I'm not talking about recorded music videos, etc. from TV, but home made videos with (copyrighted) background music.

I hope my question is clear: Can people who embed youtube videos get problems or only the people who upload these videos? (or both?)

Thanks in advance.

[erikko]

you can do both but i suggest you to upload your videos in Blogger than embedding it.

[Moe Green]

This is a good question and I am not sure if a definitive answer has been given from any court system.

I make extensive usage of embedded videos throughout my sites. I have been operating under the conclusion that embedded videos are the same as in-line image links. As such, it is not direct copyright infringement because I am not hosting the video on my sites. This would be the same scenario as in the Perfect 10 vs Google lawsuit where an appeals court ruled that since Google did not have the material object which was displayed that it was not in violation of the Copyright Act.

I hope this helps.

-Moe Green