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on Friday February 28 2014, @09:00PM
from the perhaps-we-shouldn't-have-done-that dept.
from the perhaps-we-shouldn't-have-done-that dept.
Fluffeh writes:
"Lawrence Lessig is Professor of Law at Harvard Law School but is probably best known to readers for his work with Creative Commons, the Free Software Foundation, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Without considering fair use, Liberation Music wrongly had some of Lessig's work removed from YouTube and threatened to sue. It didn't go well. Liberation will pay Lessig an undisclosed sum for the damages it caused with the wrongful takedown. The money will go towards supporting the EFF's work on open access and the label will also 'adopt new policies' that respect fair use."
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(Score: 4, Informative) by cge on Saturday March 01 2014, @06:43AM
It is worth noting that this was not a typical settlement. Unlike the usual "we don't believe we did anything wrong, but are settling to avoid a protracted legal battle" line used in settlements, Liberation Music did admit fault, and is agreeing to significantly change their takedown notice policies: most takedown notices used on Youtube are far, far too long to be reviewed by humans, yet that appears to be what Liberation Music has agreed to.
As another note, while the settlement amount is described as confidential, since the EFF is a 501(c)3 non-profit, won't the amount show up in their 2014 Form 990 next year?