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The '''Digital Millennium Copyright Act''' ('''DMCA''') is a federal law that governs copyright disputes on the [[internet]]. | The '''Digital Millennium Copyright Act''' ('''DMCA''') is a federal law that governs copyright disputes on the [[internet]]. | ||
| − | The DMCA is often abused in order to censor somebody else's messages. For example, CBS, Fox News, and the Christian Broadcasting Network<ref>http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/10/mccain-campaign-feels-dmca-sting</ref> have complained to [[YouTube]] about campaign ads for [[John McCain]] ads which use "brief snippets of news broadcasts and other copyrighted material," resulting in YouTube censoring and taking down the items. "Often, the McCain-Palin campaign's general counsel said, those videos are 'immediately' removed for 10 days, which is a long stretch of time during a presidential campaign."<ref>http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10066738-38.html</ref> Similarly, the [[Obama]]-[[Biden]] campaign has been targeted by NBC.<ref>http://www.broadcastingcable.com/index.asp?layout=talkbackCommentsFull&talk_back_header_id=6559044&articleid=CA6600930</ref> | + | The DMCA is often abused in order to censor somebody else's messages. For example, CBS, Fox News, and the Christian Broadcasting Network<ref>http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/10/mccain-campaign-feels-dmca-sting</ref> have complained to [[YouTube]] about campaign ads for [[John McCain]] ads which use "brief snippets of news broadcasts and other copyrighted material," resulting in YouTube censoring and taking down the items. "Often, the McCain-Palin campaign's general counsel said, those videos are 'immediately' removed for 10 days, which is a long stretch of time during a presidential campaign."<ref>http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10066738-38.html</ref> Similarly, the [[Obama]]-[[Biden]] campaign has been targeted by NBC.<ref>http://www.broadcastingcable.com/index.asp?layout=talkbackCommentsFull&talk_back_header_id=6559044&articleid=CA6600930</ref> Organizations that request the removal of such videos do so because the McCain campaign does not have permission to use their video, also known as breaking the DMCA law. |
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Revision as of 20:04, October 19, 2008
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a federal law that governs copyright disputes on the internet.
The DMCA is often abused in order to censor somebody else's messages. For example, CBS, Fox News, and the Christian Broadcasting Network[1] have complained to YouTube about campaign ads for John McCain ads which use "brief snippets of news broadcasts and other copyrighted material," resulting in YouTube censoring and taking down the items. "Often, the McCain-Palin campaign's general counsel said, those videos are 'immediately' removed for 10 days, which is a long stretch of time during a presidential campaign."[2] Similarly, the Obama-Biden campaign has been targeted by NBC.[3] Organizations that request the removal of such videos do so because the McCain campaign does not have permission to use their video, also known as breaking the DMCA law.