Activists groups drop suit against Viacom

ACTIVISTS GROUPS DROP SUIT AGAINST VIACOM
[SOURCE: Associated Press, AUTHOR: Anick Jesdanun]
The Electronic Frontier Foundation and Stanford Law School's Fair Use Project dropped a federal lawsuit against Viacom on Monday after the parent of Comedy Central acknowledged it made a mistake by asking YouTube to yank a parody of the cable network's "The Colbert Report." Although the video in question contained clips taken from the television show, the groups argued that their use was protected under "fair use" provisions of copyright law, and thus Viacom shouldn't have asked YouTube to remove the item. Viacom initially denied requesting the removal but later acknowledged it and said it was in error.
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