YouTube - fair / allowed / legal use - is it OK to record music performances?
<p>Quite often I take a GoPro / iPhone and record fragments of a music performance.</p>

<p>Quite often I upload the content to YouTube.</p>

<p>Quite often I receive following message:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>The copyright holder, which uses Content ID, submitted a claim to the
  content of your movie.</p>
  
  <p>For now it is only notification Do not worry. That does not mean
  trouble or affect the standing of your account.</p>
  
  <p>In your film, they see ads that generate revenue for the owner of the
  copyright or the copyright holder has received insight into the
  statistics of his views.</p>
</blockquote>

<p><em>(I have Polish language settings so I used <a href="https://translate.google.com/#pl/en/W%C5%82a%C5%9Bciciel%20praw%20autorskich%2C%20kt%C3%B3ry%20korzysta%20z%20systemu%20Content%20ID%2C%20zg%C5%82osi%C5%82%20roszczenie%20do%20tre%C5%9Bci%20w%20Twoim%20filmie.%0A%0ANa%20razie%20to%20tylko%20powiadomienie%0ANie%20martw%20si%C4%99.%20To%20nie%20oznacza%20k%C5%82opot%C3%B3w%20ani%20nie%20ma%20wp%C5%82ywu%20na%20opini%C4%99%20o%20Twoim%20koncie.%0A%0AW%20Twoim%20filmie%20wy%C5%9Bwietlane%20s%C4%85%20reklamy%20generuj%C4%85ce%20przych%C3%B3d%20dla%20w%C5%82a%C5%9Bciciela%20praw%20autorskich%20albo%20w%C5%82a%C5%9Bciciel%20praw%20autorskich%20otrzyma%C5%82%20wgl%C4%85d%20w%20statystyki%20jego%20wy%C5%9Bwietle%C5%84." rel="nofollow noreferrer">Google Translate</a> to get the English version)</em> </p>

<p>I would like to know if recording of a music performance - that includes:</p>

<ul>
<li>lightning</li>
<li>visuals</li>
<li>scenery</li>
<li>audience</li>
<li>artists</li>
<li>and some music in the background (that is subject to copyright)</li>
</ul>

<p>Is a fair / allowed / legal use? If yes, I should initiate an <strong>objection procedure</strong></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>If there are no problems, you do not need to do anything. There is no
  need to remove the film.</p>
  
  <p>There is a procedure to lodge an objection, which you can use if
  something goes wrong and the copyright holder or we make a mistake.
  Use it only in cases when you are sure that you have the right to use
  all content in his film.</p>
</blockquote>

<p><em>(again <a href="https://translate.google.com/#pl/en/Je%C5%9Bli%20nie%20ma%20problem%C3%B3w%2C%20nie%20musisz%20nic%20robi%C4%87.%20Nie%20ma%20potrzeby%20usuwania%20filmu.%0A%0AIstnieje%20procedura%20wnoszenia%20sprzeciwu%2C%20z%20kt%C3%B3rej%20mo%C5%BCesz%20skorzysta%C4%87%2C%20je%C5%BCeli%20co%C5%9B%20p%C3%B3jdzie%20nie%20tak%20i%20w%C5%82a%C5%9Bciciel%20praw%20autorskich%20albo%20nasz%20system%20pope%C5%82ni%20b%C5%82%C4%85d.%20U%C5%BCywaj%20jej%20wy%C5%82%C4%85cznie%20w%20przypadkach%2C%20gdy%20masz%20pewno%C5%9B%C4%87%2C%20%C5%BCe%20masz%20prawo%20korzysta%C4%87%20ze%20wszystkich%20tre%C5%9Bci%20w%20swoim%20filmie." rel="nofollow noreferrer">Google Translate</a>)</em></p>

<p>I'm actually not sure, that's why I'm asking...</p>

<p>Related: <a href="https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/4120/what-is-the-area-of-copyright-claims-and-fair-use-of-songs">What is the &quot;area&quot; of copyright claims and fair use of songs?</a></p>

<p>Performers have "performers right" in any recordings of their performance. It is a "related right" (a kind of copyright just like authors rights). This gives them the exclusive right to distribute recordings of their performances. You are prima facie infringing their copyright by distributing recordings of their performances. In the US, the act of recording a performance isn't an infringement.</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/text.jsp?file_id=289757#P97_7400" rel="nofollow">http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/text.jsp?file_id=289757#P97_7400</a> (the US is not a signatory)</p>

<p><a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/114" rel="nofollow">https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/114</a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.ip-watch.org/2014/11/24/us-courts-recognise-new-performers-rights/" rel="nofollow">http://www.ip-watch.org/2014/11/24/us-courts-recognise-new-performers-rights/</a></p>

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