Shalym, as far as I've understood it, the problem is not the use of the song in the lecture but the upload of the lecture with this song to Youtube.
beachwanderer, yes, my personal feelings based on my knowledge of European copyright and not of the US copyright. Which legal system is here relevant as Phoenix is a French band?
What I wanted to express with my "personal" (=not necessarily legally correct) opinion is that with a little bit of courtesy the professor could have a win-win-situation, now he has a lose-lose situation that helps no one.
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