Walt Disney Studios, is always known for suing people for remixing and using their videos and ideas. In this case, disney is suing Professor Faden's "A Fair(y) Use Tale" digital mashup. In his video he used clips of Disney movie, mashes them all up trying to clarify and define the meaning of copyright law in a amusing way . After observing this video Walt Disney decided to sue Professor Faden for infringing its copyright, which is iconic, because he was trying to explain fair use and got accused of copyright infringement leading this case to court.
Before the video began, Professor Faden's put a disclaimer saying, “the following film is not associated with or authorized by or should be confused with any product produced by : Walt Disney”. To begin with he didn't give any credit for Walt Disney work, and on top of that he lied by saying that the following product is not produced by Walt Disney. If he wanted at least to use a part of a Disney movie he should've asked for permission first, because not everything available to the public domain is fair use. He didn't just use one clip he used most of Disney movies clips …show more content…
What it significance is that you need to be aware of when you can use a work without obtaining permission or paying a licence fee, and when permission or a licence is required. As the owner of the work, which in this case is Walt Disney, the plaintiff filing a case/lawsuit against another in a court of law, has the complete right to sue or have form of protection provided by the laws of the United States to authors of "original works of
Before the video began, Professor Faden's put a disclaimer saying, “the following film is not associated with or authorized by or should be confused with any product produced by : Walt Disney”. To begin with he didn't give any credit for Walt Disney work, and on top of that he lied by saying that the following product is not produced by Walt Disney. If he wanted at least to use a part of a Disney movie he should've asked for permission first, because not everything available to the public domain is fair use. He didn't just use one clip he used most of Disney movies clips …show more content…
What it significance is that you need to be aware of when you can use a work without obtaining permission or paying a licence fee, and when permission or a licence is required. As the owner of the work, which in this case is Walt Disney, the plaintiff filing a case/lawsuit against another in a court of law, has the complete right to sue or have form of protection provided by the laws of the United States to authors of "original works of