I’d like to believe that the group learned its lesson. I could file a lawsuit against the IFPI alleging that it failed this legal duty by outsourcing copyright enforcement to bots, but I don’t think it’s worth the trouble. Thanks to Stephanie Lenz’s case, the organization was legally required to contemplate the possibility that my video was fair use it seems highly unlikely that anyone did so here. Six months later, Twitter Support sent me an email stating that “we’ve ceased withholding the material located” due to my “DMCA counter-notice.” I’ve accepted this outcome as a victory, though I could certainly create more of a headache for the IFPI if I wanted to. Which recordcollab are you most excited about hearing Rick Ross announced his ninth studio album, titled Rather You Than Me, yesterday (November 20).
Twitter forwarded my counter-notice to the IFPI, but kept my video down in the meantime. Related Articles: Smokepurpp x Rick Ross - Big Dawg (download) Peep the official tracklist (below) and look for pre-order to go live at midnight tonight. The Exact Wrong Reaction to the Frightening Tornado “Outbreak” in Kentucky Maybe if You Lived in Flint, You’d Be Vaccine-Hesitant Too Go Ahead, Call Your Dog Your “Fur Baby.” Science Supports You. What That Atlantic Article About COVID Denialism Gets Right (Eventually the parties settled, so Universal didn’t have to admit to violating this duty.) The material so obviously qualified as fair use that Lenz sued Universal Music for filing a notice in bad faith a federal appeals court then agreed that the corporation had a legal obligation to consider fair use before filing a takedown notice. In 2007, Stephanie Lenz uploaded a 29-second YouTube video of her young child dancing to Prince’s “Let’s Go Crazy.” Universal Music then filed a takedown notice. I chose this final route because I am a lawyer with an oversensitive radar for injustice, and also because I had a slam-dunk case: One of the most famous fair use controversies of all time arose from a video strikingly similar to mine. Or I could attempt to restore the video by filing a DMCA counter-notice alleging fair use. I could repost the video-and risk getting my account locked or suspended. I could let the matter go, which I wasn’t going to do. Upon receiving Twitter’s warning, I had a few options.