How do some music companies expect people to take down videos that contain small samples of songs?
Question by john: How do some music companies expect people to take down videos that contain small samples of songs?
We are protected under the Fair Use Act (forgot what year) which says that people can use small snippets of licensed audio and video material for personal use. Universal Music Group recently forced you tube to take down a mother’s video clip of her baby son dancing to a Prince song. And it was only 29 seconds long! Universal Music group violated the Fair Use Act. Do you think something like this would actually hold up in court? The Fair Use Act protects this lady and people like us. Look at how many other videos are out there where licensed music is being used as background music.
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Answer by CHARITY G
This law did not take into account internet usage. It’s a very gray area legally speaking. The original intent was for home videos and things of that nature. The law was unable to reasonably expect the increased usage of the internet for personal use and display. Led Zepelin has a huge case about this very thing right now . . . it will be interesting to see how this all pans out.
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