I want to put some clips on youtube from my favorite tv show (which I own on dvd). How do I do this and is this violating copyright?

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like do not put them completely like just a bit maybe edit them and write a disclaimer in the desc box

1 - How to get video off a DVD. Lots of ways, but the easiest way is to handbrake. It's free and pretty easy. Videos on how to do this can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=handbrake+tutorial&aq=0 Once you've taken the video off the DVD, you can slice and dice it as you like. # 2 - Is it Legal. You can upload it, and if content id doesn't flag it, your probably fine. However, if you want to MAKE IT legal there are a few things you can to make sure it's protected under "fair use". Do a review or critique of the show. Do a parody of the show. Do a remix of the show. Do a mash up of the show.

First, yes it will violate copyright law. You could try "Fair Use", but you'd have to have a VERY good reason. You'd need some sort of editing program, like Adobe Premiere Pro, AVID or Final Cut (Mac) to cut the episodes down. You'd then have to export and finally upload...

Hello, put video clips from copyrighted video DVD on youtube, so easy, first you should know the best video format for youtube is MP4(H264/AVC) format video file, so you just need to use a right program to rip the video DVD to MP4(H264/AVC) format video files then upload the MP4(H264/AVC) format video files onto the youtube, I used RZ DVD Copy to do that well, it can rip copyrighted video DVD to any formats video files and save on computer hard drive, such as rip your copyrighted video DVD to MP4(H264/AVC) format video files, then you can upload the MP4(H264/AVC) format video files to the youtube, you can yahoo or google search and download RZ DVD Copy, easy to use, work well on my computer, hope it can help you.