User-generated content

Julie Hilden at FindLaw discusses a new set of guidelines covering user-generated content for popular services such as myspace.com. In her article, she discusses why she thinks this will inhibit fair use. Example: using a snippet of a televised news story in order to critique or comment on the story.

The New Guidelines for User-Generated Content Services such as MySpace:
Why Some Will Predictably Inhibit "Fair Use"
By JULIE HILDEN ---- Monday, Nov. 12, 2007

Also, the Principles for User Generated Content Services may be found at http://www.ugcprinciples.com. Supporting companies include:

• CBS Corporation
• Dailymotion
• Disney
• Fox Entertainment Group
• Microsoft
• myspace.com