How Fair Use Brought Dream Deceivers to Home Video
Fair Use 2014-08-07
Summary:
A new generation is going to see the fabled documentary "Dream Deceivers," because its director employed fair use.
Back in 1992, David Van Taylor ("A Perfect Candidate," "Good Ol' Charles Schulz") went behind the scenes of a notorious "heavy metal/suicide" trial for his first film. Two young men had shot themselves, and their parents sued Judas Priest, claiming the youths were mesmerized by subliminal messages. The masterfully-edited documentary was a look inside the vortex of moral panic.
It was also a copyright nightmare. Read more...