Comment Re:Copyright trolls are rampant on YouTube, making (Score 1) 97
it was the Christmas display that violated copyright if the music wasn't licensed for broadcast (and I opined that it was licensed), not me.
Are you sure that's the case? Let's consider that you made advertising money on the video, would the makers of the Christmas display still be considered at fault and liable to pay the publisher/author based on how much money you made?
My question is serious, I don't know, but I suspect that
1) the end user is ultimately at fault... although they may have recourse if the product was sold under a false claim
and 2) the fact of infringement does not consider whether profit was made (but damages may bring that into consideration)