[MCN-L] IP SIG: The Unbearable Lightness of the DMCA

[Amalyah Keshet [akeshet@imj.org.il]]

Forwarded from another list:


"ImprovEverywhere is a public performance art bunch, that essentially flashmob interesting pranks.  For April Fool's Day, they pretended to flashmob a (mocked-up) funeral, videotaped it as if it were a real flashmob, and posted it to  YouTube.    A local new station took their YouTube footage, and constructed a news segment on it (as if it were real - they didn't get the joke).  ImprovEverywhere  took a capture of the news story (which was essentially ImproveEverywhere's original content) and put it on You Tube.

Then ... wait for it ... the station sent a DMCA takedown notice to  You T ube. "

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/14/cw-11-news-claims-cl.html