Re: Questions about two cases of copyright infringement

[Charles Mccann<cmccann@xxxxxxx>]

The first case is up to YouTube,  I mean eyes were made for looking so if it's there then.... also, we should deffer to them and focus on the greater good of sharing information. case two, if it's spontaneous then.... but if it's part of a policy or standard procedure then.... my 2 cents.

----- Original Message -----
From: Jack Boeve <JBoeve@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, August 17, 2009 2:36 pm
Subject: Questions about two cases of copyright infringement
To: digital-copyright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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> 
> I have some questions about two occurrences during the 2009 ALA Annual
> Conference and would like to ask for comments on whether two copyright
> infringers were running any "real" risks for their infringement.
> 
> In the first case, a professor who was hosting an exhibit at one of 
> theChicago museums was showing YouTube videos on two monitors in a
> continuous loop. I asked the professor about copyright permissions. 
> Theperson answered that he didn't have any.
> 
> The second case happened as my flight landed in Detroit when one of 
> theflight attendants sang a pastiche of a song from a Disney movie 
> that was
> certainly under copyright protection given Disney's policies on
> copyright. I don't think that the pastiche would have qualified as a
> parody. I thought that this possible infringement was more dangerous
> because the speech was commercial, the airline has deep pockets, 
> and a
> Disney executive might be taking the flight.
> 
> My questions are whether these two cases posed any real risks for 
> beingsued for copyright violation or whether these fell under the 
> category of
> theoretical violations where the people involved were indeed violating
> copyright but ran little risk of any consequences.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Bob
> 
> Robert P. Holley
> Professor, School of Library & Information Science
> Wayne State University
> Detroit, MI 48202
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