YouTube & Fair Use

Gee, what's the big deal, it was on the Internet so it's gotta be free to download right?

Anybody who's been around the Wild Wild Web very long has been to YouTube to watch a video or two. Many of the most watched videos are filmed by the Average Joe or Jane, who then dub in a music track from a well known band. Word spreads of their outstanding production and then one day they get the dreaded "Cease and desist" letter. Shortly thereafter their video is unceremoniously taken down. Who's right? "Why can't we use music in our videos?" is the cry heard round the Internet jungle.

To wit,


The copyright laws are an morass of lawyer mumbo jumbo but most folks try and run with the "Fair use" exception that allows certain uses of copyrighted material. Recently a court case was filed that may shed some light on this using copyrighted music on video issue. Los Angeles Times Article. A woman in PA is suing Universal Music Group after they had YouTube pull her video off because she had used some of Prince's music on a short video of her kid dancing around. The woman is claiming "Fair Use" for a defense in her case. Gonna be interesting the precedent this case will set.

Where do you stand? Should an artist's work product be protected under the copyright laws even if it's for personal use? Or for commentary or parody? Should this new generation, born with a mouse in their hand, be held to the same standards as us older folks were or do they get new rules to live by in the switched on computer age?

Time will certainly tell.

Advice For The Lovelorn

Brace yourself, this amazing find could alter the universe.

While working in our booth at Bass Pro the past 2 weekends I've discovered a guaranteed call for women. I've always used my Primos Terminator Elk Tube Call in the mountains while chasing bull elk, but elk are not the only animal susceptible to this call.

We were on the 2nd floor and we would let out loud bull elk squeals and glunking to entertain the kids. Much to our amazement women over in the clothes and fudge section would come walking upstairs with glazed over looks wanting to know where the strange sounds were coming from. After we did the call for the ladies they would get this crazy look in their eyes like you see them wearing after a Tom Cruise movie. They were like putty in our hands.

So iffen your down on your luck or just wanting to spice up the bedroom I can honestly recommend the Primos Terminator Elk Tube Call. You won't believe it till you see it in action. This marvelous invention called in all types of women, short ones, tall ones, redheads, brunettes, midget women you name it.

Cherry Valley Bowhunters Jenks Lake 3D Archery Shoot Part 1

I shot this video at our Cherry Valley Bowhunters Big Bear 3D Archery shoot near Jenk's Lake CA, August 1-3 2008. I can't think of nothing more relaxing than to camp out in the high mountain pines and fling arrows, only to set around a campfire later and talk bowhunting and archery.

3D archery is a subset of field archery focusing on shooting at life-size targets of game. It is most common to see unmarked distances in 3D archery, as the goal is to accurately recreate a hunting environment for competition.

On these animals there are 4 rings, only 3 of these are used in ASA shoots. The one that isn't used very often is the 14 ring. This can only be scored if you call it before you shoot, and even then it may not be allowed. Next is the 12 ring inside of the 10 ring, inside of the 8 ring. Anything on the target that is outside of the 8, 10, 12, or 14 rings is a 5. If you miss the target, you score a zero or goose egg.

Though the goal is hunting practice, hunting tips (broadheads) are not used, as they would tear up the foam targets too much. Normal target or field tips, of the same weight as the intended broadhead, are used instead.

Competitors use recurve bows, longbows and compound bows. Arrows are made of aluminum, carbon or cedar wood.



More info about archery and bowhunting and 3-D shoots on our Archery and Bowhunting forum.

To find a 3D shoot in your area check out 3DShoots.com

Camcorder was a Canon GL-2 with Bogen 3130 tripod and head.

New Leaf River iR-5 & iR-7SSi Infrared Game Cam Models

New for the "Switched On" Outdoorsman this summer are the Leaf River iR-5 and iR-7SSi infrared models that record sound when in the video mode. How cool is that? Infrared pics by night, color pics during the day or video with sound, you make the choice. Don and the gang At Leaf River have a winner here.

For a sneak peek at some tasty video from the new Leaf River game cams check out the links below.





Hog video

Turkey video

Quick look at the specs:

IR-7SS - $379.99

Features:

7.0 Mega-pixel Picture Quality
Built-In 2.4˝ Viewing Screen
Improved trigger speed
MPEG -4 video with 640 x 480 resolution at 30 frames per second
Sound recording when in video mode
Color daytime, infrared night-time still pictures or MPEG-4 video
SD card slot for removable memory or use internal memory (SD card not included)
Zoom and Pan feature on internal viewing screen
Adjustable sensitivity knob for motion detection
The unit can be programmed to pause from 1 to 90 minutes between pictures, and by using the Quick Shot mode, you can capture an even quicker 2nd and 3rd picture before entering the pause time, if additional motion is detected, such as a buck following a doe down a trail.
INCLUDES: Mossy Oak Treestand ® camoflage, USB cable, RCA cable, steel mounting bracket, steel security bar and mounting strap. Requires 4 D-cell and 3 C-cell batteries. (NOT INCLUDED) Infrared Digital

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IR-5 - $329.99

Features:

5.0 Mega-pixel Picture Quality
Built-In 1.6˝ Viewing Screen
Improved trigger speed
MPEG -4 video with 640 x 480 resolution at 30 frames per second
Sound recording when in video mode
Color daytime, infrared night-time still pictures or MPEG-4 video
SD card slot for removable memory or use internal memory (SD card not included)
Zoom and Pan feature on internal viewing screen
Adjustable sensitivity knob for motion detection
The unit can be programmed to pause from 1 to 90 minutes between pictures, and by using the Quick Shot mode, you can capture an even quicker 2nd and 3rd picture before entering the pause time, if additional motion is detected, such as a buck following a doe down a trail.
INCLUDES: Mossy Oak Treestand ® camoflage, USB cable, RCA cable, steel mounting bracket, steel security bar and mounting strap. Requires 4 D-cell and 3 C-cell batteries. (NOT INCLUDED) Infrared Digital
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Available from Leaf River and other fine dealers like Cabela's.

More videos from Leaf River on YouTube