Suit Over YouTube Video Allowed To Proceed

  • August 21, 2008
A federal judge is allowing a woman to sue Universal Music Corp. for forcing YouTube to take down a video clip of her baby dancing to Prince's "Let's Go Crazy," according to The Associated Press.

Universal Music demanded the removal of the 29-second home video by Stephanie Lenz of Gallitzin, Penn., because it allegedly violated copyright laws on the song. But a San Jose-based judge says Universal needed to first consider whether the clip was "fair use" of the material.

It's the first such legal ruling requiring copyright owners to consider fair use of their material before demanding that Internet sites such as YouTube remove material, according to the AP.--Tanya Irwin

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