"Let's Go Crazy" #1

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Taking on bad copyright law

Sort by Daily Kos (Free subscription) - 22/08/2008

A nice victory for EFF. A judge's ruling today is a major victory for free speech and fair use on the Internet, and will help protect everyone who creates content for the Web. In Lenz v. Universal (aka the "dancing baby" case), Judge Jeremy Fogel held that content owners must consider fair use before sending takedown notices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA"). Universal Music Corporation...

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Mom Vs Prince: The Dancing Baby Video Putting Big Media On Trial

Sort by Silicon Alley Insider (Free subscription) - 21/07/2008

By now you may have heard of the case of Pennsylvania mom Stephanie Lenz, who has been battling Universal for the right to post a video of her baby dancing to Prince's "Let's Go Crazy." She's won the first step--that her video is covered under "fair use" of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act. Now she wants damages--and if she gets them it will change the way media companies defend their copyright...

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Universal Says DMCA Takedown Notices Need Not Consider 'Fair Use'

Sort by Threat Level (Free subscription) - 18/07/2008

SAN JOSE, California – Universal Music told a federal judge here Friday that takedown notices requiring online video-sharing sites to automatically remove content need not consider whether videos are protected by the "fair use" doctrine. The doctrine permits a limited use of copyrighted materials without...

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You Should Hide Your Babies from Prince, Just To Be Safe

Sort by Mashable (Free subscription) - 29/04/2008

We briefly touched on the fact that Prince went on a sue-spree last year, where he decided to go after his fans and a little baby with DMCA notices and trademark infringement suits. In case you missed it, essentially, the YouTube video embedded below was taken offline by YouTube in response to a DMCA notice [...]

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Judge Dismisses DMCA-Abuse Lawsuit Over Video Of Baby Dancing To Prince

Sort by Techdirt (Free subscription) - 29/04/2008

Last summer, we wrote about the EFF suing Universal Music for sending a DMCA takedown notice to YouTube over a 30-second home video of a baby dancing to some barely audible music by Prince. The EFF claimed that this was an abuse of the DMCA, as the use of the music was clearly fair use. Unfortunately, though, a judge has dismissed the case , arguing that the EFF did not make a case as to why this was...

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Judge: Fair Use Important Before Takedown

Sort by NewTeeVee (Free subscription) - 21/08/2008

Score one for dancing toddlers on YouTube. Yesterday a federal judge said copyright holders must consider fair use of their works before issuing takedown notices willy-nilly to online video sharing sites. The case being considered involves Universal Music’s takedown of a video featuring Pennsylvania woman’s child dancing to Prince’s “Let’s Go Crazy.” From the [...]

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'Dancing Baby' Lawsuit Turns Tables on Music Industry

Sort by Switched (Free subscription) - 21/08/2008

Filed under: Audio/Video , Computers It's a sad state of affairs for the music industry these days. It's making far more news for its idiotic statements and unnecessarily huge lawsuits than for discovering and nurturing fresh new talent. This time, though, it's the industry that's on the receiving end of a lawsuit, being taken to court by a mother whose video was removed from YouTube by Universal...

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DMCA takedown notices should take fair use into consideration

Sort by OpenMarket (Free subscription) - 22/08/2008

A U.S. district judge got it right yesterday when he refused to dismiss a lawsuit against Universal, ruling that copyright holders should take into account fair use prior to issuing DMCA takedown notices. The dispute arose last year when a woman received a takedown notice over a YouTube video featuring a kid dancing to a [...]

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Judge strikes a blow for fair use

Sort by Opinion L.A. (Free subscription) - 21/08/2008

A YouTube video of dancing toddlers sparked a lawsuit that could establish an important legal principle for user-generated content online. Universal Music Publishing had forced YouTube to remove the half-minute video by Stephanie Lenz, which featured her two children cavorting to a Prince song (Prince's songs are published by Universal). Backed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Lenz sued the music...

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Lenz Ruling Raises Epistemological Questions

Sort by Freedom to Tinker (Free subscription) - 22/08/2008

Stephanie Lenz’s case will be familiar to many of you: After publishing a 29-second video on YouTube that shows her toddler dancing to the Prince song “Let’s Go Crazy,” Ms. Lenz received email from YouTube, informing her that the video was being taken down at Universal Music’s request. She filed a DMCA counter-notification claiming the [...]

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DMCA takedown notices should take fair use into consideration

Sort by The Technology Liberation Front (Free subscription) - 22/08/2008

A U.S. district judge got it right yesterday when he refused to dismiss a lawsuit against Universal, ruling that copyright holders should take into account fair use prior to issuing DMCA takedown notices. The dispute arose last year when a woman received a takedown notice over a YouTube video featuring a kid dancing to a [...]

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Woman in Legal Battle with UMP Over YouTube Clip

Sort by Gear Live (Free subscription) - 16/09/2008

Stephanie Lenz uploaded a 30 second clip of her toddler son dancing to Prince’s song “Let’s Go Crazy” to share with family and friends back in February 2007. Universal Music Publishing insisted the music was “not authorized by the copyright owner” and asked that it be removed. To make a long story short, Stephanie is now involved in a lengthy legal battle, backed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation....

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Court to media: Careful with takedowns

Sort by Lost Remote (Free subscription) - 21/08/2008

A Pennsylvania woman uploaded a 29-second garbled clip to YouTube that featured her toddler dancing to Prince’s “Let’s Go Crazy.” Universal sent YouTube a DMCA takedown order. YouTube yanked it. The woman put it back up and took on representation from the EFF to sue Universal. Now months later, while it’s unlikely [...]

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Woman being sued for copyrights as her toddler danced to a song

Sort by Fashionfunky (Free subscription) - 16/09/2008

Now the RIAA playing the devils advocate is something that you all must be familiar with. So even this story wont be raising many eyebrows. My point of writing this article is something totally different, but let me first tell...

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U Got the Suit: Prince's Label Attacks Toddler*

Sort by Legal Pad (Free subscription) - 18/07/2008

Tonight we’re gonna party like it’s copyright infringement time. Tell me who in this house heard about this suit. I mean, really. The Electronic Frontier Foundation is suing (.pdf) Prince’s music label for wanting to yank a video off YouTube...