I was once warned to remove a video of the Shekinah Choir because they were singing copy righted songs.
I removed the video for awhile.
Then i looked into my own rights as a blogger and found out that during the performance of a religious service these songs could be sung legally.
So I put the video back on the net!
William Fisher, a professor of intellectual property law at Harvard, posted to YouTube a lecture titled "The Subject Matter of Copyright: Music."
In discussing the complexities of music licensing and cover songs, Fisher played several short clips of music by Hendrix, Santana, and others. Sony responded by having the lecture removed from YouTube, ignoring any fair use protection in excerpting works for educational purposes.
While the video was restored after public backlash, most YouTube users don't have Harvard Law School backing them up.
Once again, a company has issued overreaching copyright claims with no penalty or consequence for harming an innocent party.
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