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Appeals court judges question lawyers on fair-use analysis in 'dancing baby' YouTube video case

By Amy Miller ( July 7, 2015, 21:53 GMT | Insight) -- Attorneys for the Electronic Frontier Foundation urged a federal appeals court to find that copyright owners must consider fair use before sending takedown notices in its long-running battle with Universal Music. But during oral arguments in what’s become known as the “dancing baby” case, judges at the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit repeatedly questioned both sides about what constitutes a fair-use analysis under federal law.Attorneys for the Electronic Frontier Foundation on Tuesday urged a federal appeals court to find that copyright owners must consider fair use before sending takedown notices in its long-running battle with Universal Music....

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