Cineaste Kevin Lee has a post up about his recent travails with YouTube, discussing why his account was deleted when he used too much copyrighted material and why it was reinstated. The questions he and his situation raise are interesting- does “fair use” allow for clips to be used online without permission? Does it matter if they are used in a commercial or noncommercial way? Are clips used for comments different than say, mash-ups or new works of art? And does a private company have a responsibility in some way to host content it deems objectionable or illegal? Why are some clear violations OK and others aren’t- is it just a matter of who complains or who has good lawyers?

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