Chilling Effects
McCain’s YouTube Takedown Inspires Fair Use Fervor
Theres nothing like a misfired copyright claim to make a presidential campaign see the value of fair use. After finding several of its campaign videos removed from YouTube for copyright claims, the M ....... read more
Tue,
14 Oct 2008
Olympics, YouTube, Protest, Copyright
Students for a Free Tibet posted video of a Free Tibet protest to YouTube. YouTube pulled it, in response to a copyright complaint from the International Olympic Committee. From the
copy posted to vim ....... read more
Tue,
12 Aug 2008
Follow the Lead-Users, Not with Cease-and-Desists
Hasbro should have settled with the Scrabulous developers, not sued
While Hasbro was scrapping with Mattel over rights to develop an official online Scrabble (the two split geographic ownership of the ....... read more
Thu,
07 Aug 2008
DMCA “Repeat Infringers”: Scientology Critic’s Account Reinstated after Counter-Notification
The Scientology critic known as ?Wise Beard Man? returned to YouTube this week after successfully filing counter-notifications to copyright claims that had earlier been made against his account. The t ....... read more
Fri,
06 Jun 2008
Air Force DMCA-Bombs YouTube
Over at Wireds Threat Level blog, Kevin Poulsen reports on a new DMCA overreach: the U.S. Air Force complained (via outside counsel) about his posting of their recruiting video. The post, Kevin says, ....... read more
Fri,
07 Mar 2008
Sen. McCain Calls Fair Use on Fox
The Associated Press reports that presidential candidate John McCain has rejected Foxs call to cease and desist from using Fox debate footage in a campaign ad.
Fox is apparently claiming infringeme ....... read more
Fri,
26 Oct 2007
Chilly Weekend: Black Friday Prequel and Public Domain Music Scores
If its fall, these must be cease-and-desists for Black Friday ads. This year, they seem to be coming earlier than ever, as Wal-Mart sends pre-notifications against future posting. I put my analysis i ....... read more
Mon,
22 Oct 2007