Yoko Ono/EMI Suit Exposes Fair Use Flaw

Ian Lamont writes "Yoko Ono and EMI Records have backed down from their suit against the makers of a documentary film who used a 15-second fragment of a John Lennon song — but only after a Stanford Law School group got involved. Even though the use of the clip was clearly Fair Use, the case exposed a huge problem with the doctrine: It's becoming too expensive for people to actually take advantage of what is supposed to be a guaranteed right. Ironically, the song in question was Imagine."

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Bill Hicks was HALF right... Add Dennis Leary

[thompson.ash]

If you put the two together you get quite an insightful speech!

"Gandhi - Dead, Martin Luther King - Dead, John Lennon - Dead, JFK - Dead, Reagan...Wounded, I mean take John Lennon. We live in a country where John Lennon takes six bullets in the chest. Yoko Ono is standing right next to him. Not one Fucking bullet. Explain that to me!"

Ok, it's not word for word but you get my point!