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"During the waning days of the 2008 presidential race, there was an important but overlooked occurrence on the John McCain campaign. In mid-October, the McCain campaign awoke to find that its Web videos and online advertisements were disappearing from its YouTube page.
The culprit turned out to be a major television network claiming they owned portions of the videos and that posting the clips was a violation of copyright law. Even though the campaign, and many others in the online community, believed the content to be privileged under the 'Fair Use Doctrine,' the videos were pulled down."
Note #1: The above occurred before either SOPA or PIPA passed. If it's already that bad now, it will only get much worse if these bills are passed.
Note #2: Despite this, John McCain is apparently one of the more ardent supporters of these bills, as can be seen here in his response to Spoony.
The culprit turned out to be a major television network claiming they owned portions of the videos and that posting the clips was a violation of copyright law. Even though the campaign, and many others in the online community, believed the content to be privileged under the 'Fair Use Doctrine,' the videos were pulled down."
Note #1: The above occurred before either SOPA or PIPA passed. If it's already that bad now, it will only get much worse if these bills are passed.
Note #2: Despite this, John McCain is apparently one of the more ardent supporters of these bills, as can be seen here in his response to Spoony.
