This might be W-A-Y off topic for this forum, so please excuse me if that's the case (I'll understand if a moderator locks this thread or takes some other appropriate corrective action).

However, I've started playing around with shooting video of some of the venues I ride, and I've seen a lot of vids posted by BF members that have edited their videos to include music. I also see a lot of videos posted all over YouTube that are accompanied by copyrighted music.

I know that this is not a good place to get legal advice, but hopefully someone has managed to research this more fully and can help clarify the rules for me here. My inference is that this falls under the "fair use" umbrella, since these videos are not flagged as violating copyright and taken down. On the other hand, it could be that folks just aren't as vigilant as they should be about the use of their copyrighted material in some kind of mash-up, and the posters are in violation, but just haven't been "caught".

Can anyone clarify this for me?

Thanks.