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Old 12-13-2011, 03:37 AM  
gideongallery
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Originally Posted by porno jew View Post
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr...p-diddy-272414

Artists didn?t consent to Megaupload video

http://gigaom.com/2011/12/12/universal-vs-megaupload/

Will.I.Am, Diddy Shut Down Megaupload Video on YouTube
Hosting service may have used footage of artists endorsing their product without permission

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/ne...utube-20111212
"when i got to send files across the globe i use mega upload"

looks very much like a scripted endorsement, may not have explicitly authorized it for a music performance

but if i paid for that commercial speech, got the right to distributable in whole or in part

clipping parts into the song would in fact be perfectly legal.
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