Assuming that the video would be protected under "fair use," a copyright law "hat permits the use of pop culture source materials without the permission of the copyright holder for a variety of uses: comment, critique, satire, homage, or to further a cultural discussion," the author protested to have the video reinstated.
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On June 27th, 2014, mashup artist and YouTuber Elisa Kreisinger posted an editorial on The Daily Dot about a remix video they made and UMG's decision to remove it from YouTube.
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On January 21st, 2012, amid other mounting legal pressure for the company, Megaupload dropped their lawsuit against UMG. YouTube refuted UMG's argument, telling Ars Technica: Our partners do not have the right to take down videos from YouTube unless they own the rights to them or they are live performances controlled through exclusive agreements with their artists, which is why we reinstated it. UMG argued that the "Megasong" video was removed in compliance with the UMG-YouTube agreement, giving UMG "the right to block or remove user-posted videos through YouTube's CMS based on a number of contractually specified criteria." They argue that they have the ability to remove material that would otherwise not be covered under DMCA. However, UMG's lawyer Kelly Klaus argued that the song was not taken down in accordance with the DMCA, but rather UMG's partnership with VEVO. On December 13th, Megaupload sued UMG over the video's removal. Efforts to reach out to UMG and open a dialog about this abuse of the DMCA process were answered with unfounded and baseless legal threats and demands for an apology. We have signed agreements with all artists endorsing Megaupload. That day, Megaupload CEO David Robb said of the removal: Let us be clear: Nothing in our song or the video belongs to Universal Music Group. The promotional video trended on Twitter but was removed by the UMG that day. In 2011, Kim Dotcom, the founder of Megaupload, released the "Megasong," a collaboration with numerous members of the recording industry, including Kanye West, Snoop Dogg, Alicia Keys and more (shown below).