School kids film copyright row

The Manchester Evening News has a story about an award winning documentary made by school children, which is being threatened by a copyright row over a song by REM, which the kids didn't get permission to use. Shame but that's the nature of modern copyright. You can't expect kids to understand the complex intricacies of IP law and neither can you expect entertainment lawyers acting for a popular music group to say 'ok, go ahead' when someone wants to use currently commercially valuable creative material.