Posted on 10/15/2008 2:04:29 PM PDT by Mannaggia l'America
Republican presidential candidate John McCain is accusing YouTube LLC of acting too quickly to comply with copyright infringement notices by yanking his campaign videos.
McCain's campaign sent a letter Monday to YouTube parent company Google Inc., protesting YouTube's removal of unnamed videos from the site after receiving take-down notices claiming copyright infringement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The McCain camp goes on to suggest that YouTube set up a special process for reviewing the legal merit of take-down requests for YouTube accounts associated with candidates or their campaigns.
The letter asserts that numerous times during the campaign, YouTube removed videos that do not violate the DMCA, but instead are examples of fair use of material because the videos included less than 10 seconds of footage from news broadcasts. The use of material from news broadcasts is protected as fair use under the DMCA, McCain's letter claims, because the videos are noncommercial uses of the material, the material is factual and brief, and the videos don't affect the market for the allegedly infringed material.
"Overreaching copyright claims have resulted in the removal of noninfringing campaign videos from YouTube, thus silencing political speech," according to the letter.
Despite the "complete lack of merit in these copyright claims," YouTube has removed McCain's campaign videos immediately upon receipt of the take-down notices, the letter goes on to note.
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Yes! I do remember the test papers my teachers would hand out. I always wondered why I did poorly on those tests!
Why did McCain stupidly use FoxNews footage again? It’s a great ad and they screwed it up. why do they need Eric Shawn’s voice? Just use your own faux newser with a map. Dumb.
That info was on Cavuto’s this afternoon. I take it that it was a message to Fox that unless they comply and protect Barry, if he is elected, they are in trouble.
anywhere we can protest? our ISP just went with gmail and I hate supporting google if they are liberal. I think we need to begin to protest where it hurts. The pocketbook.
Polly
This is normal. I have authority over my clients’ videos, and when I complain to Google about copyright infringement they immediately take down the offending material.
Scary sh1t,
I hate that guy with a passion.
I WILL NEVER BOW DOWN TO FASCISM!
ANY OF YOU BOOBAMA A-HOLES OUT THERE EAVESDROPPING, GO f*** YOURSELF!
This will not stand!!
No, because you can’t even get the creeps in the GOP to stand up for you.
What does that tell you?
Fox is already keeling over to Obama, he has good help even, from the GOP.
McCain can start his own youtube type media player. Meanwhile, Obama’s taking a beating at youtube with all of his communist-terrorist globalist ties.
Regardless of this election’s outcome Conservatives need to look into starting a video hosting site. Youtube,Google, etc can not be trusted.
agreed
Karl Marx once said that he knew they cannot get the people into their thinking by force so they have to get into positions of power
i.e. judges, teachers, journos media etc etc
Seems many have been taking notes from Karl Marx
we were slow off the block to the Internet and TV we need to get people into positions of power and set up something like google, more news outlets groups etc
We also need to focus on local new stations. They tend to be more conservative and if a boycott has to be lodged it’s more effective. Local news stations are more apt to listen to Joe’s TV threatening to drop advertising than NBC nightly news getting blowback from some viewers saying they will boycott GE. I also think they should be a push for papers and reporters to articulate when they are stating an opinion. They can say it but they should not be allowed to report it as fact.
agree with all of that
we need more schools as well to get our children educated on the facts, not to brainwash as we don’t need to brainwash our children .
when you know the facts and about life then you will always be right of center unless they are loony left wing nuts
I think all Republicans will have to wear a yellow 'R", and conservatives will have to wear a yellow 'C'.
Fortunately, I have a get-out-camp-free card. Well, it's not exactly a card, but it will get me out of camp free. :-)
Gee, I’m shocked that the Googlers would be actively out there helping BO. Not.
Let’s not forget Daniel Pearl — how many times has that sucker been flagged and it’s still there? Hmmm....
It'd be even more interesting if McQueeg would hoist the Messiah on a few of his while he's at it...
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