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Comment Fair Use? more like Fair Unuse! (Score 1) 391

Well, if you think about it she never asked for permission to use a song in a video. Some may think that because it is a derivitive work and should fall under fair use, it does not. It does not because the original song was used she didn't modify it in anyway so it is not a derivitive work. Overall, I think that she is probably going to lose this case in court because 1st she never lost any money over the work being removed from youtube and the RIAA along with Universal Music Group is going to stay that this is not a derivate work because the song was never modified. Always remember that copyright law was designed to allow the creator/holder of a work to make and destribute copies of works either original or derivated works. Before putting a video on youtube or any site make sure that it doesn't contain any music or artwork that is the poster doesn't own the copyrights to. Some of you may think that some of the copyright laws are stupid but they do serve a purpose. I think that lady suing Universal Music Group is going to lose the case and the owners, Universal Music Group, will probably countersue for copyright infringement. I am suprise they haven't done this already!

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