Letting Crazy People Set Intellectual-Property Policy?
InformationWeek: Letting Crazy People Set Intellectual-Property Policy.
One story in the Wagner article:
Viacom sent a takedown notice to North Carolina school board candidate Christopher Knight, for posting a copy of a Viacom-owned VH1 clip to YouTube. The VH1 clip was a commentary on TV commercial Knight created to support his political candidacy. Viacom is claiming that Knight pirated the VH1 clip -- when in fact, says Knight, Viacom are the pirates here; they used Knight's original political commercial without his permission.
IPBiz: Hmmm, Viacom used Knight's commercial and Knight used Viacom's comments on Knight's commercial. Where is "fair use" here?
One story in the Wagner article:
Viacom sent a takedown notice to North Carolina school board candidate Christopher Knight, for posting a copy of a Viacom-owned VH1 clip to YouTube. The VH1 clip was a commentary on TV commercial Knight created to support his political candidacy. Viacom is claiming that Knight pirated the VH1 clip -- when in fact, says Knight, Viacom are the pirates here; they used Knight's original political commercial without his permission.
IPBiz: Hmmm, Viacom used Knight's commercial and Knight used Viacom's comments on Knight's commercial. Where is "fair use" here?
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