[Infowarrior] - Warner invokes DMCA against Lessig

[Richard Forno]

Oh this is going to be fun to watch......what drugs are they on over @  
Warner??   -rf


Not Smart: Warner Music Issues DMCA Takedown On Larry Lessig  
Presentation
from the this-is-going-to-hurt dept

If there were anyone out there to whom you would not want to send a  
random takedown notice for an online video, it would probably be Larry  
Lessig. Given that Lessig has become the public face for those who  
feel that copyright has been stretched too far, as well as being a  
founder of Stanford's Fair Use Project, and who's written multiple  
books on these issues, you would think (just maybe) that any copyright  
holder would at least think twice before sending a DMCA takedown on a  
Larry Lessig presentation.

Apparently, you'd be wrong.

Lessig has announced that Warner Music issued a DMCA takedown on one  
of Lessig's own presentations, in which his use is almost certainly  
fair use. Lessig, of course, is a lawyer, and a big supporter of fair  
use, so it's no surprise that he's also said he's going to be fighting  
this.

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090428/1738424686.shtml