When is Copyright Copywrong? When You Work for Universal and "Go Crazy" Over a Child on YouTube
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I was reading my many feeds and I happened across this article about a lawsuit because of a video. Apparently, Universal did not appreciate the fact that one of its signed artists could inspire a child to dance. The EFF (full release) is pursuing the case based on fair use and freedom of speech.
I really wonder how the actual artist, Prince, feels about it? He is pretty savvy about re-inventing himself and marketing. The alleged "copyright infringement" is adorably cute. I wonder how many record sales were nixed because people decided the 29-second clip was better than a bona fide copy of the song now over a decade old?
My thought is that the "crazy" one is the idiot who decided it was time to contact YouTube and have it yank the video… The mom was just sharing something cute with others and, in my opinion, giving it some pretty awesome promotion to boot.
[tags] YouTube, DMCA, EFF, Fair Use, Freedom of Speech, Universal, Dancing Baby Video, Prince, Copyright[/tags]
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John Newton
July 30th, 2007
at 9:16am
All I have to say is that someone needs to get a life at Universal. Yeah. lets bust a mom for posting a movie of her child dancing to some music that is so hard to even identify as music.
Just shows that it is all about greed.
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