Sun Apr 05, 2015 10:38 am
I've posted four pieces on CH, all with videos that are hosted on YouTube. One of them now has advertising appearing on it if you watch it on YouTube directly, but doesn't seem to appear if watching from CH. It turns out that one or more third parties claim copyright over the hymn tune (Westminster Abbey)for just over a minute of time in the processional.written by Robert Wetzler. The tune was written by Henry Purcell, and the hymn version was composed in the early 1800s. I would think the hymn is public domain.
Has anyone else experienced this? The claimants are unnamed. I can dispute it but I don't want to risk having the claimants shut down my YouTube channel. I can live with the advertising, but it doesn't seem right that unnamed parties can simply lay claim to copyright.
Thoughts?