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It’s Fair Use, Prince

Get a clue, Purple Dude.

The pop star wanted YouTube to remove a clip of an infant boy dancing to his 1984 hit song “Let’s Go Crazy.” When the clip got scrubbed, the baby’s mother cried foul and filed suit asking for damages. The woman’s lawyers at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) say the dancing-baby clip is the poster child for fair use.

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