10 Things Viacom Hates About Fair Use

from the dolphin-trolling dept

In Viacom's ongoing massive effort to takedown infringing videos on YouTube, it's no surprise that plenty of legitimate clips are "accidentally" caught in the dragnet. Of course, that doesn't make it legal. Demanding a takedown on non-infringing content goes against the DMCA. After being sued about a takedown on one such video, Viacom has promised to be much better about such "dolphins" (content accidentally caught). The EFF is noting that the super popular 10 Things I Hate About Commandments video was caught in the net. On the recommendation of the EFF, the creators of the video made use of the special "hotline" that Viacom set up and the video was put back online. Of course, that's still four full days with the video offline, despite being perfectly legal. Of course, almost exactly a year ago, Jim Harper was using this video as an example of why derivative works are great and shouldn't be outlawed. So, with that in mind, since the video is back up on YouTube, here it is for your viewing pleasure:
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  1. identicon
    Time traveller, 22 Jun 2007 @ 5:01am

    Re: First!

    No you're not.

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  2. identicon
    Anonymous Coward, 22 Jun 2007 @ 5:01am

    First!

    Yay!

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    Vincent Clement, 22 Jun 2007 @ 5:10am

    That's awesome. I don't see how this derivative work is harming anyone. The media companies need to lighten up.

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  4. identicon
    Jason Jenkins, 22 Jun 2007 @ 5:59am

    old media

    old media needs to wake up, the word copyright in the sense we know it today wont even exist in 10 years. if anyone needs a library of compelling online urban content for FREE please visit www.abstract10.com. LETS PARTNER UP!
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  5. identicon
    Kyros, 22 Jun 2007 @ 6:35am

    ads and hilarious clips aside - Viacom will sooner or later figure out that they just aren't going to have their way. Whether by some chance they figure this out early and accept content which may touch upon their copyright, or get the crap sued out of them, it doesn't really matter.

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  6. identicon
    glitch, 22 Jun 2007 @ 9:21am

    good thing that wasn't about Muslims

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    Anonymous Coward, 22 Jun 2007 @ 10:23am

    ya right im sure the American corn producers rely so much on the popcorn sold in the movie theaters for there profits.

    link to this | view in thread ]

  8. identicon
    Semicharm, 22 Jun 2007 @ 10:27am

    Guilty!

    They are claiming that everyone is guilty and demanding that they prove their innocence. What the hell happened to "being innocent till proven guilty"?

    link to this | view in thread ]

  9. identicon
    GoblinJuice, 22 Jun 2007 @ 12:45pm

    Re: good thing that wasn't about Muslims

    Ssh! Don't say anything that may offend the Religion of Peace!

    link to this | view in thread ]

  10. identicon
    inc, 22 Jun 2007 @ 6:01pm

    What happened here was a miracle and I want you to fucking acknowledge it. lol

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