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CW 11 News v. Improv Everywhere [1]

Submitted by DMLP Staff on Mon, 04/20/2009 - 13:49

Summary

Threat Type: 

Correspondence

Date: 

04/01/2009

Status: 

Pending

Location: 

New York

Verdict or Settlement Amount: 

N/A

Legal Claims: 

Copyright Infringement
After receiving a copyright complaint from the Tribune Company, YouTube took down a video from comedic performance group Improv Everywhere that allegedly infringed copright in a CW 11 (WPIX-TV) news broadcast. The CW 11 broadcast discussed an Improv... read full description
Parties

Party Receiving Legal Threat: 

Improv Everywhere

Type of Party: 

Organization
Media Company

Type of Party: 

Organization

Location of Party: 

  • New York

Location of Party: 

  • New York
Description

After receiving a copyright complaint from the Tribune Company, YouTube took down a video from comedic performance group Improv Everywhere [2] that allegedly infringed copright in a CW 11 (WPIX-TV) news broadcast. The CW 11 broadcast [3] discussed an Improv Everywhere prank and reproduced excerpts from one of Improv Everywhere's own videos.

The original Improv Everywhere video [4] showed an April Fools Day prank in which the group crashed a staged funeral.  CW 11 broadcast a news story about the video under the assumption that the video was a prank on unsuspecting funeral-goers.  In reality, Improv's prank was on any viewer who believed the video to be real.  Improv Everywhere has a detailed post [5] on the takedown.

Related Links: 

  • BoingBoing: CW-11 news claims clip of them airing YouTube prank infringes copyright [6]
  • Improv Everywhere: CW 11 Files Copyright Claim [5]
  • MetaCafe:CW 11 News Falls for Fake Improv Everywhere April Fool's Mission [3] (clip of CW 11 broadcast)
    [3]
  • Improv Everywhere: April Fool Funeral [7]
  • YouTube: CW 11 Falls for Fake Improv Everywhere April Fool's Mission [8](content removed)
  • Legal Satyricon: Whatever happened to playing fair? [9]
Details

Web Site(s) Involved: 

YouTube.com
[10]

Content Type: 

  • Video

Publication Medium: 

Website

Subject Area: 

  • Copyright
  • Fair Use
  • DMCA
Court Information & Documents

Jurisdiction: 

  • New York

Source of Law: 

  • United States
CMLP Information (Private)

Priority: 

2-Normal

CMLP Notes: 

Source: BoingBoing

status checked 6/17/09; no new info - CMF

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Source URL (modified on 08/20/2014 - 11:09pm): https://www.dmlp.org/threats/cw-11-news-v-improv-everywhere

Links
[1] https://www.dmlp.org/threats/cw-11-news-v-improv-everywhere
[2] http://improveverywhere.com/
[3] http://www.metacafe.com/watch/2700237/cw_11_news_falls_for_fake_improv_everywhere_april_fools_mission/
[4] http://improveverywhere.com/2009/04/01/best-funeral-ever/
[5] http://improveverywhere.com/2009/04/14/cw-11-files-copyright-claim/
[6] http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/14/cw-11-news-claims-cl.html
[7] http://improveverywhere.com/2009/04/02/april-fool-funeral/
[8] http://www.youtube.com/index?ytsession=o1OXdibM-C4jVCz79trt1D1KDnUk3z9mEPuPO-h8ULuId_XlHTmznU9mhhZf-G4eDlsU_QeDTOcWpZyYEqvmrRgLw55x1AH0P4tvY-LfLn9er2EeN4Nx_NyWbgoT3YjOD09E9NLVslq_PF4ncxTcmubFspOLf1sF_vS6c4panutnJzoioLro79tjVYoYE_xEXt84nvFxoWoOYGVGnvErI4KYZeZ69bpXcbqpARd8VzPDy1GLWbvbBw
[9] http://randazza.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/whatever-happened-to-playing-fair/
[10] http://www.youtube.com