{"id":3636,"date":"2017-09-01T18:17:07","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T16:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.safecreative.org\/blog\/en\/?p=3636"},"modified":"2017-09-01T18:17:07","modified_gmt":"2017-09-01T16:17:07","slug":"good-news-to-us-youtubers-who-rely-on-fair-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.safecreative.org\/blog\/en\/2017\/09\/01\/good-news-to-us-youtubers-who-rely-on-fair-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Good news to US youtubers who rely on fair use"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last year, Youtubers Ethan and Hila Klein (h3h3Productions<\/a>) found out they had been sued by another Youtuber, Matt Hosseinzadeh, for using one of his videos on their channel for a video reaction. In the reaction video, which they have re-uploaded to their channel now<\/a>, they made fun of Hosseinzadeh. His response was suing them for three different charges: copyright infringement, misrepresentation, and defamation.<\/p>\n

Thanks to their fans’ support, and particularly to Philip De Franco, h3h3 raised over 170.00 to take this case until the end.\u00a0<\/a>Philip DeFranco warned that, if Ethan and Hila lost this lawsuit, that could set a terrible precedent for other Youtubers.\u00a0When users of the platform realized that this issue affected them too, they decided to help and turned it into a long legal battle to change YouTube, at least in the US.<\/p>\n

Because on the other hand, if they won, that would set a precedent to protect other Youtubers in similar situations. They’d have a strong claim against “bullies” who use copyright as an excuse to take down content they don’t like.<\/p>\n

The story has a happy ending: New York District Judge Katherine B. Forrest ruled\u00a0the defendants\u00a0were in the right and denied Hosseinzadeh’s motion.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n