Wednesday, September 10, 2008

WOMAN FIGHTS TO KEEP HER YOUTUBE VIDEO OF SON DANCING TO PRINCE SONG ONLINE.


When I read the following story, I automatically thought about my best friend Kamika. She's one of Prince's BIGGEST fans ever! I can also picture her filming her son (and my Godson *waving* Hey, Levy!!) getting his groove on to one of Prince's hit songs....that's only if Levy couldn't talk her into filming him doing his very own rendition of Usher's Yeah. LOL! Anyhoo, according to web reports, Stephanie Lenz is still entangled in a court battle with Universal Music Publishing over copyright infringement after she posted a 30-second clip of her baby dancing to Prince's Let's Go Crazy on YouTube. In February 2007, Lenz uploaded the short film of her unnamed son to the video sharing site, only to have it removed four months later after infringement complaints from Universal, which owns rights to publish the song. Lenz, who said she posted the clip so that friends and family members could see her son, successfully applied to have the video reinstated, triggering a lengthy legal battle in the federal courts in California. Universal argues that it was entitled to send YouTube a takedown notice under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, because the use of Prince's material was "not authorized by the copyright owner." But Lenz, backed by digital rights lobby group the Electronic Frontier Foundation, is seeking a judgment that the video is covered by "fair use" provisions in copyright law, as well as unspecified damages.

PEEP THE VIDEO CLIP BELOW.


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