# Wonder if anyone happens to know about this **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [April 9, 2026, 7:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wonder-if-anyone-happens-to-know-about-this/443681 "2026-04-09T19:36:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ArcNeoMasato](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/arcneomasato/32/644473_2.png) [@ArcNeoMasato](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ArcNeoMasato)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2026, 7:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wonder-if-anyone-happens-to-know-about-this/443681/1 "2026-04-09T19:36:25Z")
So I’ve bought a couple “lots” of yoyos that ended up coming with oldschool trick books, mostly Duncan, but another I can’t 100% place. I think it would be a fun video to go through them a bit and compare how much info is in the different books, and how different books teach the same aspects/tricks, but I don’t know how…. I guess you could say “snippy” Duncan would be over a video looking at a few pages of their old trick books, so asking if anyone happens to have any info on if that’s a risk or not. ![20260409_123512](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/c/e/5/ce52062166f01851cfe0e23ae47d217773edd862.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Splizacular](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/splizacular/32/640487_2.png) [@Splizacular](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Splizacular)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2026, 9:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wonder-if-anyone-happens-to-know-about-this/443681/2 "2026-04-09T21:15:34Z")
if you’re not making money on showing them, it doesn’t violate any copyright laws. also im sure they’d be thrilled at a nostalgic look through their old trick books. i can’t imagine them getting bent out of shape over something like that ---
**Author:** ![ArcNeoMasato](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/arcneomasato/32/644473_2.png) [@ArcNeoMasato](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ArcNeoMasato)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2026, 9:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wonder-if-anyone-happens-to-know-about-this/443681/3 "2026-04-09T21:16:57Z")
I don’t even have basic monitization on my channel, so zero money. lol I’d also only directly show a handful of pages. IDK, I just don’t want to spend a bunch of time on something like this and get thumped hard for it. ---
**Author:** ![SR1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sr1/32/104603_2.png) [@SR1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SR1)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2026, 9:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wonder-if-anyone-happens-to-know-about-this/443681/4 "2026-04-09T21:22:13Z")
You’re totally good, that sort of thing falls under fair use for sure… plus even if it didn’t, pretty much no one who made those is still @ Duncan and the people there now wouldn’t care lol ---
**Author:** ![Captrogers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/captrogers/32/647012_2.png) [@Captrogers](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Captrogers)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2026, 12:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wonder-if-anyone-happens-to-know-about-this/443681/5 "2026-04-10T00:41:13Z")
I mean if you wanted you could check if the copyright is still valid but like Spence said showing that on your YouTube is basically commentary and even if the publisher (if they used one) threw a claim at your channel it would simply prevent monetization on that video at best. Most YoYo books where privately published which is great until you try to get any into the library and they can’t because without the dumb library system required a known publisher to add a new entry.. dumb bureaucracy If self published the effort Duncan would have to go through to put a claim is more than anyone at that company would want to put effort into doing ---
**Author:** ![Nic\_from\_Adelaide](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nic_from_adelaide/32/272038_2.png) [@Nic\_from\_Adelaide](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nic_from_Adelaide)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2026, 3:36am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wonder-if-anyone-happens-to-know-about-this/443681/6 "2026-04-10T03:36:04Z")
Right now on Instagram Jon Gates is reviving the Duncan Yolympics using the official Duncan material from 1979. First round is over I think, but if you hit him up at @gatesyoyo on IG he might be taking late entries or at least have info on whether they’re going to be tools about your video. In general trying to contact Duncan or Flambeau has got me no response at all, so if I was you I’d just go ahead with Edit: as mentioned already, documentary and satire are exempt from copyright within the range of fair use ---
**Author:** ![AngryGumball](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/angrygumball/32/683872_2.png) [@AngryGumball](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AngryGumball)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2026, 4:35am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wonder-if-anyone-happens-to-know-about-this/443681/7 "2026-04-10T04:35:39Z")
Do and ask for forgiveness later as they say. Honestly, it would fall under fair use. I think they’ve got bigger fish to fry. ---
**Author:** ![zxin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zxin/32/649326_2.png) [@zxin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zxin)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2026, 7:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wonder-if-anyone-happens-to-know-about-this/443681/8 "2026-04-10T19:47:28Z")
> [@Splizacular](#): > > if you’re not making money on showing them, it doesn’t violate any copyright laws. That’s not how US copyright law works. > [@ArcNeoMasato](#): > > I guess you could say “snippy” Duncan would be over a video looking at a few pages of their old trick books, so asking if anyone happens to have any info on if that’s a risk or not. If you’re posting it somewhere like here or YouTube then it doesn’t matter because the worst they can do is issue a takedown request under the DMCA. Platforms in the USA are essentially not liable for copyrighted content posted by their users, so it’s not a risk to them either. > [@Captrogers](#): > > check if the copyright is still valid The copyright year is 1992. It will become public domain 70 years after the author dies, or 95 years after it was published. Since it has only been 34 years, there’s no chance that it’s public domain unless the copyright holder voluntarily entered it into the public domain, which I find unlikely.