August 20th, 2008

Judge: Copyright Owners Must Consider 'Fair Use' Before Sending Takedown Notice

By David Kravets, Wired News

In the nation's first such ruling, a federal judge on Wednesday said copyright owners must consider "fair use" of their works before sending takedown notices to online video-sharing sites...

Corynne McSherry, an EFF attorney, said the digital rights group intends on convincing the judge that Universal acted in bad faith when it sent the takedown notice last year.

"We will overcome his doubts," she said.

Related Issues: No Downtime for Free Speech Campaign

Related Cases: Lenz v. Universal

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