So it appeared in my facebook notifications today that Justin Bieber robbed a friend of a friend's video footage for his video.

 

https://08-lvl3-pdl.vimeocdn.com/01/110/3/75551424/263439959.mp4?token=0febcc6f90109c3d834c4&expires=1448297144&filename=Captiva%20Life%20Test%3A%2024hrs%20in%20Iceland-Mobile.mp4&download=1

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfGaX8G0f2E

 

 

 

Can he actually do that??

Edited November 23, 201510 yr by fiveworlds

No. It is copyright infringement.

Cannot see your video. But anyway surely the Bieber vid is all new footage? Pretty certain you cannot copyright idea, shot selection, cinematography etc. and what else is there if it is new footage. Unless that bloke in shot nearly all the time isn't Bieber and is your friend - and I really don't know one way or the other. If it is your friend it will come down to the licence under which the video was made available on the internet. BTW with the volume down it is not a bad video

https://youtu.be/B-PER45xZNI?t=57

 

There's some similarities, I don't think it is enough to count as copyright infringement though.