The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)—a San Francisco-based nonprofit group that advocates and lobbies for consumer's digital rights—has filed a suit against the Universal Music Publishing Group, alleging that a forced takedown of a mother's YouTube video was unlawful. Back in February, Stephanie Lenz posted a 29-second-long clip of her toddler dancing along to Prince's "Let's Go Crazy" to share with her family and friends. The video remained on the site until a month ago, when YouTube took it down after UMPG claimed that it violated Federal Copyright Law. Now Lenz has enlisted the help of the EFF, who since 1990 have fought ongoing battles against copyright holders to protect the free speech of users whose non-infringing materials are removed from the net. The group is currently working with Stanford's Fair Use Project to help determine a standard set of practices for acceptable takedowns in the future. For more information and a link to Lenz's video, head to the EFF's official website. www.eff.org
