You are not logged in

New York Magazine

Skip to content, or skip to search.

Skip to content, or skip to search.

Warner Music Picks Second-Dumbest Fight Ever

  • 4/29/09 at 11:15 AM
Warner Music Picks Second-Dumbest Fight Ever

After Warner Music's genius, entirely successful decision to sue and prosecute teenage fans on behalf of its Cribs-flaunting, Bentley-leasing pop stars, the brilliant company has now picked its second-dumbest fight. Yesterday, Warner issued a YouTube takedown notice for a video presentation by first-amendment icon Lawrence Lessig, a Stanford Law professor and the web's most prominent defender of fair use. We'd say this was a ballsy move — if Warner weren't about to get smacked down publicly, thereby bolstering Lessig's cause. Oh yes, Lessig is a-Twittering: "am I fighting it? of course!" [Boing Boing]

Share
Advertising
Editors
Lane Brown and Mark Graham
Managing Editor
Jessica Coen
Articles Editor
Nick Catucci
Win $25K!

Recent News

The Lost Symbol

By Dan Brown, September 15, 2009