Disaster Dave Footage on YouTube

I was browsing through some videos tonight and stumbled across something that I've never seen before. I know it's been brought up a bunch of times before, so I figured I'd share it here. It isn't much, but here's some footage of Dave the robot from DT's old queue line!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbqewRaYc4Y

That clip is from "Get to the Point," a video tour the park sold in the late 1980s - mid 1990s. I have it on VHS somewhere. If I can find it, I'll put it up on YouTube.

Walt said:
That clip is from "Get to the Point," a video tour the park sold in the late 1980s - mid 1990s. I have it on VHS somewhere. If I can find it, I'll put it up on YouTube.

If it's the video I'm thinking of, I spotted myself in it during my...younger years.

I've still got a copy and a working VHS machine. If I think about it, I'll capture it digitally this weekend and send to you Walt.

I know someone that has cleany transferred every version of the "Get to the Point" video from VHS to MPEG2 format. They added new rides to this video every few years...1990, 1993, 1995, and 1998 and he has them all.

He also has "Cedar Point - A Summertime Tradition on Lake Erie" (2 versions), "Raptor", and "Roller Coasters of Cedar Point". Is it legal to post these on Youtube?

I think there's a legitimate fair use argument that can be made, but I'm not a lawyer.

Legally it would be a copyright violation, but i don't there would be much of an issue if you did. Most of the stuff on youtube is technically a copyright violation.

Yeah, I wouldn't post it on my channel because of questionable copyright issues, but I don't think anyone at Youtube would care unless Cedar Fair had a gripe about it.

With that said, I monetize all of my videos and have a partner channel, so I not to post anything that wasn't an original creation from me with the exception of the first video I ever posted.

I don't see this as being any different than scanning old brochures or postcards. There are rights attached to those works as well. Even if the preservation, archival, and research arguments don't meet the definition of fair use, one would hope the content owner would see the value in making historic content available.

I turn monetization off on YouTube except for original content.

Scanning old brochures or postcards are also illegal by way of copyright law. Again though its not like many people would care. Copying the whole content of anything is a copyright violation unless permission was given

Funny we're talking about this. I just noticed that the Cedar Point: A Summertime tradition DVD (c2004 Cedar Fair) has been on Youtube for about 5 months now but the part 3 (about 19:30 to 29:30 of the movie ) isn't there anymore. Pulled off possibly, I don't see why though? I own the DVD but don't know how to add that footage on there digitally, can someone with a youtube account please repost that missing portion for historical purposes, that would be nice. Walt, anyone else? Thanks ahead of time.

PS: Make sure and give rights/credit to CP/Cedar Fair like the original youtube poster did please.

That DVD is still sold by the park, which makes it completely different. In that case, it's not something that should be shared. It's something that should be bought by anyone who is interested in seeing it.

When I talk about preserving a video, I mean when it's clearly out-of-print and has potential of being rare or lost.

So that means you can't post "get to the point" vid on youtube?

I am actually the one who posted this clip. I have all VHS and DVDs the park has released throughout the years. I will be uploading the first one that was released in 1990. Anything that is still sold by the park will not be posted. As the Disaster Dave clip says, "ALL RIGHTS BELONG TO CEDAR FAIR/CEDAR POINT. I AM UPLOADING THIS VIDEO STRICTLY FOR HISTORICAL PURPOSES." I don't monetize from YouTube on my channel, so hopefully it won't be taken down. I hope you all enjoy. I'll try to put up a couple of the other ones this weekend.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_d2icjFblA&feature=share&list=UU1vMnVgkMqaLyO0BS85jj3A

I can't even begin to imagine how many times we watched the 1990 video during the off-season way back in the day. Didn't Jim Brickman write the song "Get to the Point"?

Wow...... That's pretty good. I think I had that one. I wish the two videos they sell we're longer. It just goes too fast after the 40s

Thanks for that great video. Seeing the park at a time where i was not even aware it existed was great. Now i make over a dozen trips a year.

TimChat2 said:
Didn't Jim Brickman write the song "Get to the Point"?

Yes, along with the Summertime Blues jingle.

I saved this picture I saw years ago. Does anyone have pics or videos of the first waiting room of Disaster Transport?

http://s17.postimg.org/o0dleqxjz/Untitled_2.png

I have several of the old VHS videos as well. I would love to see them on YouTube, especially the versions that I myself never had. Maybe an email to the park would be a good idea to make sure they aren't going to have an issue with it?