[LINK] Fair use comes first in web video
David Boxall
david.boxall at hunterlink.net.au
Mon Aug 25 16:58:19 AEST 2008
<http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2224521/fair-comes-first-web-video>
>
> The ruling stemmed from the case of a mother who posted a clip on
> YouTube <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1KfJHFWlhQ> of her baby son
> dancing to the tune of the Prince song /Let's Go Crazy/.
>
> The clip was later removed from YouTube when Universal filed a
> takedown claim under the DMCA.
>
> The woman then filed suit against Universal, alleging that the video
> constituted fair use and that Universal had thus wrongly ordered the
> video to be taken down.
>
Would that tactic work in Australia?
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