Legal Question in Intellectual Property in New York

I recently posted a video on Youtube. It was a bleep video. I basically took a short clip from a Nickelodeon TV show and edited it down. After I edited the length I edited the audio and added in sounds that make the videos funny. This video was a sort of comedic parody. Does it qualify for fair use? Is t worth sending a counter notification? For your reference I enclosed a similar video I made in this link. You can look up the original and see that I changed it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fztIkVeiuAM Thank You for your help.


Asked on 9/13/11, 7:48 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Christopher Moye The Law Office of Christopher Moye

I had never heard of a "bleep video" until I saw the one that you posted. They're hilarious. I would have a tough time guessing whether your video falls under the parody exception of the First Amendment but my sense is that the worst that would happen is that Youtube would just have it removed from their site. They do it all the time. If you wanted to sell it somehow, you would definitely need to contact a New York Intellectual Property Attorney to take a look at it first.

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Answered on 9/15/11, 2:49 pm


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