Judge: Labels must consider 'fair use'

Posted on August 21, 2008 - 13:13 by UPI

A U.S. judge says record labels cannot order YouTube users to remove videos featuring their music unless they can show it's not a legal "fair use." In what is being considered a victory for individual computer users over corporate music copyright holders, U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel of San Jose, Calif., ruled Wednesday that music companies cannot issue blanket orders to remove YouTube videos unless they first determine if each video is using the copyrighted music in a way that's legally permissible, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Thursday.

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