John it is fair use do not worry google "lawgeek" and read his post on lane hartwell
On 12/21/07, ractalfece <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So I made a parody of somebody's video. I knew I was taking a risk. > For six months they were cool with it. They wrote me and said they > had a sense of humor and they weren't going to do anything about it. > But a few days ago, they decided they didn't like it after all. They > asked me to remove it and threatened copyright infringement. > > > > The original: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXw17LFEgBo > > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXw17LFEgBo> > > > > My version: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1YkerJ0r7E > > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1YkerJ0r7E> > > > > Like I say, I knew I was taking a risk when I made this video and I > was prepared to take it down. But I also think I'm within the spirit > of fair use. I used their copyrighted material for the purposes of > criticism and parody. And they want it removed because they are > offended by it. But I know being within the spirit of my own > interpretation of the law isn't going to count for much. They have > spoken with a lawyer and of course now they're trying to intimidate > me, telling me how I'm just using unreliable wikipedia and crazy ideas > of fair use from bloggers who know nothing. > > > > How far am I within or outside the bounds of fair use? I feel like > which ever direction it is, it can't be by very much. > > > > -John Holden > > P.S. I know it's YouTube and I'm fucked. The video is coming down. > But I'm asking these questions for the sake of argument and also to > learn more about fair use. > > -- http://geekentertainment.tv
