Tag: fair use
‘Let’s Go Crazy’ suit: Woman whose kitchen video was yanked from YouTube wins court ruling
Stephanie Lenz was in her kitchen in rural Pennsylvania, filming her two young children having
Infographic: Can I Use that Picture
August 13, 2014
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It’s not perfect (see this analysis from Copyright Librarian,) but it’s darn close and way better than the one I didn’t post that insisted that you should only consider fair use after failing to get permission. Click image for source, full-sized version, and to order a poster.
Corporations Abusing Copyright Laws Are Ruining the Web for Everyone
January 18, 2014
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By allowing limited use of copyrighted material for things like criticism, review, commentary, parody, or just personal non-commercial use, fair use has a widespread and often invisible impact on today’s social internet. Yet its very ubiquity means it’s often taken for granted by individuals — and the internet companies who benefit from it. This is worrying […]
Lessig battles bogus takedowns
August 23, 2013
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Copyright law allows for the fair use of works for purposes such as criticism, comment, teaching, and scholarship. Professor Lessig’s use of the “Lisztomania” clips in his lecture was a classic example of fair use and was not copyright infringement. Earlier this year, Liberation Music, which claims to own the license to the Phoenix song, began […]
Fair use victory in Faulkner case
“At issue in this case is whether a single line from a full-length novel singly
Major fair use victory in court
“This decision absolutely clarifies that the law does not require that a new work of
YouTube’s Deal With Universal Blocks DMCA Counter Notices
April 5, 2013
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When it comes to YouTube forget about the concept of fair use in certain circumstances: When content is removed from the Internet following a DMCA complaint filed by a rightsholder the user who uploaded the content gets a chance to file a counter-claim. If successful this should reinstate the content but on YouTube things now appear […]