SAN FRANCISCO --- Free speech activists are hailing a recent court decision about a dancing baby video which they say protects Internet fair use, a critical free speech right, from corporate repression. The 29-second video, published in 2007 by Stephanie Lenz, shows her 13-month-old son, Holden, dancing in a kitchen. Prince’s 1984 hit song
How A Dancing Baby Video Helped Save The Online Right To Fair Use
The decision could help bring an end to the practice of sending thousands of automated notices about copyright violations, which a court said violates fair use rights.