Berkman fellow (and Brooklyn law prof) Wendy Seltzer is challenging the NFL in an educational video she’s posted to YouTube. The NFL has now twice filed cease-and-desist letters to get the video taken down, and twice YouTube has complied. The content of the video makes the critical and educational nature of Wendy’s posting, plus her claim of fair use, to anyone who actually watches the video. Query as to whether the bots that generate C&Ds, or those who unleash them, actually watch the videos. Fair use should get a good hearing as a result of this exchange, whether through a DMCA 512(f) proceeding or otherwise. Wendy says her clip is “clear fair use,” but there’s no easy way for you to judge for yourself right now, since it’s taken down.