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Viacom Misses The Joke; CIS And EFF Attorneys File Complaint

By Anthony Falzone on

While fair use can be murky in some respects, there is no doubt that parody lies at the center of its protections.  Viacom had YouTube take down Robert Greenwald's clear parody of Stephen Colbert.  While the parody is funny, silencing protected speech is not.  So here is the complaint we filed along with the Electronic Frontier Foundation seeking a declaration that Greenwald's parody is protected by fair use, and compensation for wringful takedown under DMCA section 512(f).

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