Saturday, November 01, 2008

McCain/Palin Campaign on YouTube DMCA Compliance

http://lessig.org/blog/YouTube%20copyright%20letter%2010.13.08.pdf


On the Lawrence Lessig blog is posted a letter to YouTube/Google regarding the removal of campaign-related material as a result of DMCA takedown notices (presumably filed by the television networks).  This is a well-reasoned letter that points out several things:

1)  The DMCA takedown provisions can and are being abused;

2)  Technologies such as YouTube are having an effect on democracy, something not likely contemplated by the service's creators; and

3)  The fair use argument is cogent and is a good example of what I want to see in an exam bluebook.

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