YouTube has changed its copyright policy.  It has kept its “three strikes and you’re out” rule for copyright violations, but they may soften the policy when the infringer has a subsequent history of good behavior, has completed a quiz on copyright, and has watched YouTube’s copyright education video.

The video is troubling, particularly because the main character is a pirate with a hook for a right hand and a skull and crossbones hat.  In addition, the video portrays fair use as a complicated and ominous doctrine which almost crushes the main character beneath its weight.

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