What Happened When A Library Spoofed Michael Jackson's 'Beat It' With 'Read It'

There's quite an interesting Library Journal story about the adventures of Pennsylvania's Landsdowne Public Library after a group of teens made a video called "Read It" based on the Michael Jackson hit, "Beat It." Even though the kids came up with their own words and it was clearly intended to send a public service message, not steal commercial traffic from Jackson or the record company, the video was removed from YouTube for copyright infringement. But the library appealed. And you can watch the results for yourself!

I highly recommend the article to anyone interested in copyright issues or anyone who may be thinking of making and posting their own parody video to YouTube.

But in the meanwhile, here's Read It!