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INA v. Lee [1]

Submitted by DMLP Staff on Tue, 02/10/2009 - 14:19

Summary

Threat Type: 

Correspondence

Date: 

01/12/2009

Status: 

Pending

Disposition: 

Material Removed
Material Reinstated

Location: 

Verdict or Settlement Amount: 

N/A

Legal Claims: 

Copyright Infringement
Film commentator Kevin B. Lee posted some of his critical video essays on YouTube.  Lee's essays contain clips from the films he is reviewing. After receiving a DMCA takedown notice from the rightsholder to the film "And God Created Woman" (designated "INA"... read full description
Parties

Party Receiving Legal Threat: 

Kevin B. Lee

Type of Party: 

Organization

Type of Party: 

Individual
Description

Film commentator Kevin B. Lee posted some of his critical video essays on YouTube.  Lee's essays contain clips from the films he is reviewing. After receiving a DMCA takedown notice from the rightsholder to the film "And God Created Woman" (designated "INA" in one of Lee's posts about the takedown [2]),  YouTube disabled access to the video and subsequently disabled his entire account (this was the third such takedown notice).  Lee filed a DMCA counter-notice [3] with YouTube, claiming that his video essays are proteced by fair use.  YouTube temporarily reinstated [4] Lee's account [5] pending further action by the rightsholder.

Related Links: 

  • Ars Technica: What fair use?  Three strikes and you're out . . . of YouTube [6]
  • The House Next Door: Copy Rites: YouTube vs. Kevin B. Lee  [7]
  • SpoutBlog: YouTube Cracking Down on Critical Video Essays [8]
  • Public Knowledge: YouTube Film Critic Silenced by DMCA Takedown Notices [9]
  • Educause Connect: Chopping Off Thumbs on YouTube [10]
  • The Confabulum: YouTube Says No To Video Criticism [11]
  • Film Studies For Free: Shooting Down YouTube: Bring Back Kevin Lee's Videos! [12]
  • Jandy's Meanderings: Fair Use vs. Copyright - Shooting Down Pictures [13]
  • TakePart Social Action Network: Shooting Down Copyright Infringement with Fair Use [14]
  • Screen Research: Shooting down pictures shot down [15]
  • GreenCine Daily: The Revolution Will Not Be YouTubed [16]

Blog posts from Shooting Down Pictures [17] (Lee's blog):

  • Uh oh... Storm's brewing... [2]
  • The Storm has Hit [18]
  • Free at last, free at last... [4]
  • Things I Learned from Losing- and Regaining- My YouTube Account [19]
Details

Web Site(s) Involved: 

YouTube [20]

Content Type: 

  • Video

Publication Medium: 

Website

Subject Area: 

  • Copyright
  • Fair Use
  • DMCA
Court Information & Documents

Source of Law: 

  • United States
CMLP Information (Private)

Priority: 

1-High

Threat Source: 

Google Blogs

CMLP Notes: 

Note: We should continue to monitor Kevin's blog (alsolikelife.com/shooting) to see what the ultimate resolution is.  At this time, his account has been temporarily reinstated while YouTube reviews the counterclaim.

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Source URL (modified on 08/20/2014 - 11:08pm): https://www.dmlp.org/threats/ina-v-lee

Links
[1] https://www.dmlp.org/threats/ina-v-lee
[2] http://alsolikelife.com/shooting/2009/01/uh-oh-storms-brewing/
[3] http://help.youtube.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?answer=59826&topic=10554#dmca
[4] http://alsolikelife.com/shooting/2009/01/free-at-last-free-at-last/
[5] http://www.youtube.com/user/alsolikelife
[6] http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/01/what-fair-use-three-strikes-and-youre-out-of-youtube.ars
[7] http://www.thehousenextdooronline.com/2009/01/copy-rites-youtube-vs-kevin-b-lee.html
[8] http://blog.spout.com/2009/01/12/youtube-cracking-down-on-critical-video-essays/
[9] http://www.publicknowledge.org/node/1959
[10] http://connect.educause.edu/blog/sworona/choppingoffthumbsonyoutub/48040?time=1234120495
[11] http://culture11.com/blogs/theconfabulum/tag/kevin-b-lee/
[12] http://filmstudiesforfree.blogspot.com/2009/01/shooting-down-youtube-bring-back-kevin.html
[13] http://www.the-frame.com/blog/2009/01/15/fair-use-vs-copyright/
[14] http://www.takepart.com/blog/tag/kevin-b-lee-video-essays/
[15] http://screenresearch.ning.com/profiles/blogs/shooting-down-pictures-shot
[16] http://daily.greencine.com/archives/007291.html
[17] http://alsolikelife.com/shooting/
[18] http://alsolikelife.com/shooting/2009/01/the-storm-has-hit/
[19] http://alsolikelife.com/shooting/2009/01/three-things-i-learned-from-losing-and-regaining-my-youtube-account/
[20] http://www.youtube.com