New Granada
22-03-2007, 18:39
This is very interesting:
"Activist groups sued the parent company of Comedy Central on Thursday, claiming the cable network improperly asked the video-sharing site YouTube to remove a parody of the network's ''The Colbert Report.''
"The law does give users the right to sue the issuer of the takedown request when it contains misrepresentations that an item is infringing. Such lawsuits are rare, though."
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-YouTube-Viacom.html
I wonder how difficult it will be to win this suit, or others involving clearly fair-use quantities of material that are issued takedown notices.
If this works, it could be a very potent weapon against whiny and litigious copyright holders like Viacom.
"Activist groups sued the parent company of Comedy Central on Thursday, claiming the cable network improperly asked the video-sharing site YouTube to remove a parody of the network's ''The Colbert Report.''
"The law does give users the right to sue the issuer of the takedown request when it contains misrepresentations that an item is infringing. Such lawsuits are rare, though."
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-YouTube-Viacom.html
I wonder how difficult it will be to win this suit, or others involving clearly fair-use quantities of material that are issued takedown notices.
If this works, it could be a very potent weapon against whiny and litigious copyright holders like Viacom.