McCain campaign stung by DMCA take-down notices for YouTube vids

[thewayne]

Lots of videos that the campaign has posted on YouTube have been smitten mightely with DMCA take-down notices, mainly for not having secured the rights of various elements before posting. The people who own the rights, such as Jackson Brown (who is suing McCain for using one of his songs without permission), filed take-down notices and the videos have been removed. The campaign's counsel sent a letter to YouTube whining that the videos meet the Fair Use Doctrine rules.

Here's the campaign's whining: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/10/stifled-by-copy.html

Aside from Jackson Brown, Warner sued for them using Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You, and Fox News even slapped them upside the head for using debate footage.

Here's YouTube's response: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/10/youtube-to-mcca.html

Basically, YouTube tells them to shove off. They made their DMCA bed, now they have to sleep in it.

And that's the final irony: McCain voted for the DMCA legislation that greatly restricted Fair Use Doctrine.

Comments

[silveradept]

The most awesome "Suck it" response ever. Go Google.