Earlier this month South Carolina police officer Michael Slager was charged with the murder of Walter Scott. The evidence that led to his arrest was a cellphone video taken by Feidin Santana, a pedestrian bystander. The video contradicted Slager’s own account of events. Slager claimed that Scott had grabbed his Tazer and was running away with it when he opened fire. The chilling footage shows otherwise. Understandably, the video was played on every major news channel as they covered the events. Now Santana, the owner of the video’s copyright, is arguing through his lawyers that the fair use period has...
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