EXTREMELY POPULAR YOUTUBE BLOGGER FACING COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT OVER PARODY MUSIC VIDEO
Blogger Jessie Spencer Becomes The First Youtuber Ever To Be Sued Over Copyright Infringement.
Creating a new work based on someone else’s prior work (called a “derivative work”) is another example of an infringement that copyright law protects against. Many songwriters have been sued for “sampling” other writers’ music (incorporating parts of other writers’ songs into their works). Contrary to a widely circulated rule of thumb, even using as few as four notes from another song can be an infringement.
YouTube does not make determinations of fair use. Fair use is determined in a court of law on a case by case basis.
2 weeks ago I posted a parody song called "I Am A Dog" and I received a DMCA Takedown notice and my Youtube Channel was terminated and the video was taken down. The video featured SNL cast member Jay Pharoah, a grown ass man in his late 30's rolling around on the floor in a dog costume doing his own rendition of Kanye West's "I Am A God." This COVER VERSION of KANYE WEST'S SONG "I AM GOD" has gotten over a million views but YouTube has discouraged other people from doing cover songs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HViabkXwYjw
Kanye West - I Am God http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72FlGLb-xaI
A group of out of work TV screenwriters non-talented hacks who call themselves the Copyright Counter-Notification http://www.youtube.com/copyright_counter?v=sZGzlGyPnpA clearly stating they want to sue me for posting this dumb video on YouTube Channel because I was getting a bunch of hits on my channel and threatening their livelihood.
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