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McCain protests YouTube's removal of his campaign videos
Computerworld ^ | 10/15/2008 | Heather Havenstein

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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TOPICS: Extended News; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; elections; mccain; youtube
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To: Tallguy

Yes! I do remember the test papers my teachers would hand out. I always wondered why I did poorly on those tests!


41 posted on 10/15/2008 3:28:24 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Mannaggia l'America

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.


42 posted on 10/15/2008 3:29:48 PM PDT by montag813
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To: mrs tiggywinkle

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.


43 posted on 10/15/2008 3:32:03 PM PDT by dforest (Is there any good idea out there that Obama doesn't lay claim to anymore?)
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To: Mannaggia l'America

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


44 posted on 10/15/2008 3:33:16 PM PDT by pollywog (I will lift mine eyes to the hills from whence cometh my help. My help comes from the Lord...Ps 121)
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To: Mannaggia l'America

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.


45 posted on 10/15/2008 3:36:14 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Bill Maher: President Obama's press Secretary.)
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To: Salamander

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!


46 posted on 10/15/2008 3:43:47 PM PDT by Canedawg (Over? OVER? Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?!)
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To: indylindy

This will not stand!!


47 posted on 10/15/2008 3:45:39 PM PDT by Osage Orange (" I did not have radical relations with that man, William Ayers. " -Barack Hussein Obama)
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To: pollywog

No, because you can’t even get the creeps in the GOP to stand up for you.

What does that tell you?


48 posted on 10/15/2008 3:48:19 PM PDT by dforest (Is there any good idea out there that Obama doesn't lay claim to anymore?)
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To: manc

Fox is already keeling over to Obama, he has good help even, from the GOP.


49 posted on 10/15/2008 3:49:20 PM PDT by dforest (Is there any good idea out there that Obama doesn't lay claim to anymore?)
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To: nutmeg

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.


50 posted on 10/15/2008 3:52:08 PM PDT by floriduh voter (ODINGA, YOU HAVE MAIL FROM YOUR AMERICAN COUNTERPART!)
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To: floriduh voter

Regardless of this election’s outcome Conservatives need to look into starting a video hosting site. Youtube,Google, etc can not be trusted.


51 posted on 10/15/2008 3:54:29 PM PDT by TrishaSC
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To: Mannaggia l'America
Did McCain vote in favor of DMCA? If so, screw him.
52 posted on 10/15/2008 4:07:45 PM PDT by zeugma (Mark Steyn For Global Dictator!)
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To: TrishaSC

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


53 posted on 10/15/2008 4:34:35 PM PDT by manc (Marriage is between a man and a woman no sick MA,CT sham marriage end racism end affirmative action)
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To: manc

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.


54 posted on 10/15/2008 5:57:52 PM PDT by TrishaSC
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To: TrishaSC

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


55 posted on 10/15/2008 6:08:11 PM PDT by manc (Marriage is between a man and a woman no sick MA,CT sham marriage end racism end affirmative action)
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To: RobertoinAL
I wonder if all FOX News employees will be interned in the new camps if Obama wins the election.

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. :-)

56 posted on 10/15/2008 8:08:09 PM PDT by an amused spectator (The VBM: The Volkischer Beobachter Media)
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To: Mannaggia l'America

Gee, I’m shocked that the Googlers would be actively out there helping BO. Not.


57 posted on 10/15/2008 8:10:16 PM PDT by Antoninus (If you're bashing McCain/Palin at this point, you're helping Obama.)
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To: zeugma
Did McCain vote in favor of DMCA? If so, screw him.

McCain (R-AZ), Yea

58 posted on 10/15/2008 9:22:37 PM PDT by steve-b (Intelligent design is to evolutionary biology what socialism is to free-market economics.)
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To: netmilsmom

Let’s not forget Daniel Pearl — how many times has that sucker been flagged and it’s still there? Hmmm....


59 posted on 10/16/2008 5:29:50 AM PDT by StarCMC (http://cannoneerno4.wordpress.com/2008/02/24/peoples-information-support-team/ -JOIN US!-We're PIST!)
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To: steve-b
Interesting when they hoist themselves on their own petards.

It'd be even more interesting if McQueeg would hoist the Messiah on a few of his while he's at it...

60 posted on 10/16/2008 5:52:37 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (What would a free man do?)
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