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A fine comeuppance for McCain

Peg here: I am laughing about the McCain campaign’s request of Google (via Wired) to review their take-down policies for YouTube. The campaign claims  various campaign videos using copyrighted material fall under the Fair Use Doctrine and should not be yanked. I am all for Fair Use and here I have to agree, but oh […]

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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, […]