For anyone unaware, YouTube has pulled a John McCain campaign ad critical of Obama’s use of ‘lipstick on a pig’ in an obvious counter-play off of Governor Sarah Palin’s joke regarding ‘hockey mom = pit bull + lipstick.’ Why was the ad pulled? Because of a complaint from CBS News to YouTube regarding the use of a Katie Couric clip in the ad. In general, YouTube is quick to pull material in response to ‘copyright violation’ complaints.
H/T to Ben Smith at Politico, the YouTube ad page now says “This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by CBS Interactive Inc”. As far as I know, CBS has every right to protect every millisecond of copyrighted material they possess.
However, CBS spokesperson Leigh Farris confirms that the motivation was a political one, saying, “CBS News does not endorse any candidate in the Presidential race. Any use of CBS personnel in political advertising that suggests the contrary is misleading.”
Personally, I’m curious: does CBS News aggressively protect their copyrighted material from ads from the Democrat side? I could be wrong, but my suspicion is NO.
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civil truth (Diary) Wednesday, September 10th at 3:06PM EST (link)Obviously CBS has decided that “fair use” doesn’t apply if it differs from their political convictions.
If CBS has complete control over the use of all footage – and all other video holders claim similar privilege, then kiss freedom of political speech good bye.
When events in the public record can be sent down a memory black hole, when history is inaccessible, then what’s left to debate?
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E Pluribus Unum (Diary) Wednesday, September 10th at 3:40PM EST (link)good one, Menlo
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The ad
wiseprince (Diary) Wednesday, September 10th at 4:13PM EST (link)would be more powerful if they referenced the fact that Couric was talking about Hillary Clinton. Bring back old primary wounds
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Brian Simpson (Diary) Wednesday, September 10th at 4:42PM EST (link)so does this mean that every two-bit paper in the country is going to try to stop ads because their name gets used.
I really wonder the sanity of this move by CBS. Their “star” anchor gets some additional play on TV. That’s free advertising. Chumps.
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kyle8 (Diary) Wednesday, September 10th at 4:52PM EST (link)“Open minded free exchange of ideas” my lefty prof told me about
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mbecker908 (Diary) Wednesday, September 10th at 7:03PM EST (link)See, BS.