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COMEDY CENTRAL AND FAIR USE: NOT FUNNY
Yesterday I told you about the impending death of “fair use” in copyright law.
In related news:
Comedy Central – which is owned by Viacom – is yanking "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report" from the Hulu site, and says it will sue the ass off any blogger who posts unauthorized clips.
There are several levels of “bizarre” to appreciate here, not least the fact that Comedy Central allows the same freeloading bloggers to “make money” by embedding authorized CC content. The catch seems to be that CC doesn’t post everything from the shows in clip form (though as far as I know you can watch the ful episodes on their site). So why one is stealing and the other isn’t is anyone’s guess.
The other fun thing is that CC/Viacom doesn’t seem to consider posting clips from the show as “fair use” – a provision that both “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report” depend on to run clips from other networks (though I’m assuming they’re not paying Fox, MSNBC and CNN etc a licensing fee).
So the question then becomes: why do TDS and TCR get to claim fair use but bloggers don’t?
NPR has more on fair use here.
See you in court,
This is dF
In related news:
Comedy Central – which is owned by Viacom – is yanking "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report" from the Hulu site, and says it will sue the ass off any blogger who posts unauthorized clips.
"Yes, we intend to do so," says PR rep Tony Fox. "My feeling is if (websites) are making money on our copyrighted content, then that is a problem."
There are several levels of “bizarre” to appreciate here, not least the fact that Comedy Central allows the same freeloading bloggers to “make money” by embedding authorized CC content. The catch seems to be that CC doesn’t post everything from the shows in clip form (though as far as I know you can watch the ful episodes on their site). So why one is stealing and the other isn’t is anyone’s guess.
The other fun thing is that CC/Viacom doesn’t seem to consider posting clips from the show as “fair use” – a provision that both “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report” depend on to run clips from other networks (though I’m assuming they’re not paying Fox, MSNBC and CNN etc a licensing fee).
So the question then becomes: why do TDS and TCR get to claim fair use but bloggers don’t?
NPR has more on fair use here.
See you in court,
This is dF