Copyright

Copyright and politics don’t mix

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• Tuesday 21st October 2008

Lawrence Lessig’s op-ed piece in today’s NY Times:

“Last year, Fox News ordered John McCain to stop using a clip of himself at a Fox News-moderated debate. Last month, Warner Music Group demanded YouTube remove an amateur video attacking Barack Obama that included its music, while NBC asked the Obama campaign to pull an ad that included some NBC News video with Tom Brokaw and Keith Olbermann. No doubt, these corporations are simply trying to avoid controversy or embarrassment, but by claiming infringement, they are effectively censoring political speech.”

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And a small note explaining my erratic blogging, including not really keeping up with the WFMU shows I’m offering. The wife and I are in the process of buying a house (and this is an interesting time to be doing that, you betcha), and I’m heading off to Ireland today (see post below), so I’m more untogether than usual. I’ll be back in a week, and I’ll attempt to TCB in a more unified fashion, although I’m feeling the pressure of being only about 1/3 of the way through packing the 14,000 LP’s…