Hi License Team,
I'm the Ambassador of the German branch and I would like to ask what license YouTube videos with SCP-content have to be under and why.
Especially readings of SCPs and SCP tales. According to my information, readings are to be published under the YouTube-CC license. Though there are some problems with it and some questions.
First of all, the YT-CC-License is CC BY 3.0, which, as far as I understand the CC compatibility info, is not compatible with CC BY-SA 3.0. In the RU-Incident you said the license of SCP-content can not be changed under any circumstances. Wouldn't that mean that there either may not be SCP-content on YT at all, as it doesn't provide a compatible license, OR that it can be published under any license, as the license info can be specified in the description?
Second, such a video contains other things, like music, an actual video, a title, the readers voice etc. so it is a mixed work and not all parts are necessarily SCP-related. The SCP is only a part of it. And we can publish SCPs under CC BY-SA 3.0 containing work (e.g. images) under another license. So the question some YouTubers may ask is, why can't they do the same?
The actual problem some YouTubers have with this license is theft. Some are constantly filing take-down-requests because some users steal the title, some steal samples, some release the whole video under their flag etc.
Some are using images or music they have bought, that are part of the video though under another license or copyrighted. Putting the whole video under a CC license would violate those copyrights, wouldn't it?
tl;dr: Do SCP-readings on YouTube have to be under the YT-CC-license and why, or may they be released under any license and be attributed accordingly?
Also could you please explain in a few words why and how the CC license is applicable outside the US, for those who deem it invalid e.g. in Germany?