A federal court declared that Prince’s label should not have issued a takedown letter over a YouTube video featuring one of his songs.
A federal appeals court delivered a blow to the music industry today, ruling that a case brought against Prince and Universal Music Group for misuse of copyright law can move forward to trial. The decision could be a significant one for both YouTube, where the copyright issue originated, as well as Facebook, which was already racking up 4 billion video views per day back in April.
