YouTube violates Electric Slide copyright
Feb. 20th, 2007 03:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
javasaurusBefore I post the link to the article, let me start with this:
Suppose a late night tv host read the latest short story by your favorite author during his show, without the permission of Bradbury. Clear copyright violation, right? Suppose that the host also changed the story's ending (not in a parody sort of way). Would the author be right to be angry? Suppose a clip of the incorrect reading showed up on YouTube. Would the author be right to force YouTube to remove videos showing the reading?
This is basically the situation with the Electric Slide. The creator of the dance (who holds a copyright to it), claims people are doing it wrong in movies, on tv shows, and at weddings. Video clips make it to YouTube, propegating the incorrect version of the dance. So he's suing movie makers, tv shows, and YouTube, trying to eradicate incorrect versions of his dance.
clicky to the article
It will be interesting to see how laws regarding copyright and public display services (like YouTube) will evolve.
Suppose a late night tv host read the latest short story by your favorite author during his show, without the permission of Bradbury. Clear copyright violation, right? Suppose that the host also changed the story's ending (not in a parody sort of way). Would the author be right to be angry? Suppose a clip of the incorrect reading showed up on YouTube. Would the author be right to force YouTube to remove videos showing the reading?
This is basically the situation with the Electric Slide. The creator of the dance (who holds a copyright to it), claims people are doing it wrong in movies, on tv shows, and at weddings. Video clips make it to YouTube, propegating the incorrect version of the dance. So he's suing movie makers, tv shows, and YouTube, trying to eradicate incorrect versions of his dance.
clicky to the article
It will be interesting to see how laws regarding copyright and public display services (like YouTube) will evolve.
