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In this clip from a 2007 American Bar Association Forum titled “Legal and Business Issues in the New Internet World of User Generated Content & Social Networking,” the panelists begin to discuss the central questions that surround user-generated content from a legal perspective – that is: generally speaking, is user-generated content on the internet really original, or does it mostly incorporate existing intellectual property; how to enforce copyright claims on virally marketed content that does exploit existing copyrighted works; and how to achieve a balance between the needs of rights-holders and internet consumers that is legally workable and sensible?