Copyright Law

What what?

By Andrew Raff, Esq.

Eriq Gardner, THR, Esq: 'South Park' Sued for Stealing from YouTube "On Friday, Brownmark Films filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in U.S. DIstrict Court in Wisconsin, alleging that the infringement is 'willful, intentional, and purposeful, in disregard of and indifferent to the rights of Brownmark.'"

Complaint for Copyright Infringement in Brownmark Films, LLC v. Paramount Pictures Corporation et al

Here's the original video:

And South Park's take:

Brownmark Films: Brownmark vs Viacom et al. "We understand that fair use is an important legal concept, but the rules need to be more clear. Viacom's position on fair use is contradictory: whenever they take copyrighted works from someone else, it is fair use; whenever someone takes copyrighted work from them, it's copyright infringement. We don't think Viacom should get to operate with a double-standard like that."

Full post as published by IPTAblog on November 30, 2010 (boomark / email).