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Why Fair Use Suffers on YouTube |
| Published: September 4, 2007, 4:21 pm |
| Tags: punditry, legal issues, articles, dmca, content theft, copyright infringement, fair use, google, nbc, plagiarism, viacom, video, youtube |
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On the surface, YouTube seems like a natural haven for fair use. The entire system is designed from the ground up to allow the posting of short, low resolution video clips and then embed those clips into blogs and other Web sites for commentary and criticism. When you look up the four factors of fair use, your average YouTube clip seems to have a pretty good case, despite what the Viacom’s of the world may think. Granted, many of the videos uploaded to YouTube would fail almost any fair use test, including postings of full episodes of shows and movies uploaded in segments. However, a minute-long clip of The Daily Show or the Colbert Report definitely has a stronger case, especially if it is used in an appropriate way. But despite these obvious fair use issues, everyday, dozens, if not hundreds, of such clips get taken down by copyright holders. Part of the problem is rightsholders not showing much concern for fair use. Another part of it is YouTube not actively defending or [ Full article ] |
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