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YouTube to Legally Protect Certain Clearly Fair Use Videos from Bogus DMCA Takedowns

posted by martyb on Friday November 20 2015, @05:55AM   Printer-friendly
from the taking-down-takedowns dept.

DannyB writes:

From Google's blog:

We are offering legal support to a handful of videos that we believe represent clear fair uses which have been subject to DMCA takedowns. With approval of the video creators, we'll keep the videos live on YouTube in the U.S., feature them in the YouTube Copyright Center as strong examples of fair use, and cover the cost of any copyright lawsuits brought against them.

This might help set precedents as to what is clearly fair use. It might make others think twice before filing bogus DMCA takedowns. It might help those who post videos which contain clips that are clearly fair use to feel less intimidated. Hopefully it will help everyone better understand what fair use is, and is not.

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday November 20 2015, @06:25AM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Friday November 20 2015, @06:25AM (#265686) Journal
    Not only the Han shoot first [youtube.com] is not included in the F(ine) List [youtube.com] (4 entries... so far... hope they won't stop here), but the clips on TFL are viewable still in US only. In other geos, you'll get something like

    This video is not available in your country due to a copyright claim by KXLY. However, YouTube has made it available in the United States, as part of an initiative to protect fair use. Learn more in the YouTube Copyright Center.

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
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  • (Score: 1) by altanar on Friday November 20 2015, @07:17AM

    by altanar (5612) on Friday November 20 2015, @07:17AM (#265700)

    That mostly comes down to copyright law. What are the fair use policies in other countries? Just how much money do you expect YouTube to spend defending your video while rights holders file lawsuits in regions that don't respect the US's version of Fair Use?