Legal Commentary

update on Warner Music

By Lawrence Lessig

As you may have read me tweet, the organization that hosted me for this talk:

Received a notice that Warner Music had objected to its being posted on copyright grounds. Apparently, YouTube's content-ID algorithm had found music in the video that they claimed ownership to. The organization is apparently responding by disputing the claim. I'll report back when I hear more.

Meanwhile, Keith Irwin (site) has kindly gone through the talk and identified all the music that is used in the talk. All of that use is, imho, fair use. But here's the list. Thanks to Keith for the work:

Danger Mouse - The Grey Album
DJ Mystik - Inspector Gadget Techno remix (no idea what record label)
The Muppets - Mah Na Mah Na (Muppets Holding Company <- Disney)
Diana Ross and Lionel Richie - Endless Love (Motown <- Universal)
DJ Unk - 2 Step (Koch Records)
Soulja Boy Tell 'Em - Crank Dat Soulja Boy (Stacks On Deck <- Interscope <- Universal)
Girl Talk (IllegalArt)
will.i.am - Yes We Can (not released by a label)
Kutiman-Thru-You - Mother of all Funk Chords (not released by a label)

Full post as published by Lessig Blog on April 30, 2009 (boomark / email).