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Copyright News: Fair Use Must Be Considered

In the nation’s first such ruling, a federal judge on Wednesday said copyright owners must consider “fair use” of their works before sending takedown notices to online video-sharing sites.

From Wired’s Threat Level. (tip) EFF is asking for legal fees. Read the 10-page ruling (pdf)

To demonstrate just how inane some of these lawsuits are, ThreatLevel notes that Universal sent a takedown notice under the DMCA because of a “29-second garbled video of her toddler dancing to Prince’s ‘Let’s Go Crazy'” — can you believe it?

By Kathy E. Gill

Digital evangelist, speaker, writer, educator. Transplanted Southerner; teach newbies to ride motorcycles! @kegill

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