[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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David Boxall                    |  Dogs look up to us
                                |  And cats look down on us
                                |  But pigs treat us as equals
                                                   --Winston Churchill




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