Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:32:23 -0400, Warp wrote:

> > Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> >> And the solution is/may be "fair use".
> > 
> >   There's no such a thing from the point of view of the music industry.

> The music industry doesn't matter; that's in US copyright law, and the 
> law is ultimately what matters.

  RIAA and other companies couldn't care less what the US copyright law
says about fair use.

> >   When they threaten to sue you, or even send you a payment claim
> >   outright,
> > are you going to fight? I don't think so.

> They threaten to sue, take the video down.  It's not like they're suing 
> everyone who uses copyrighted music on YouTube, otherwise there'd be a 
> hell of a lot less content up there.

  Have you followed what Viacom has been doing to youtube videos lately?

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                                                          - Warp

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