John McCain asks YouTube to let him infringe copyright

Oh snap. And we hate those bastards that stifle free speech, don't we?

Stifled by Copyright, McCain Asks YouTube to Consider Fair Use | Threat Level from Wired.com

After seeings its videos repeatedly removed from YouTube, John McCain's campaign on Monday told the Google-owned video site that its copyright infringement policies are stringent to the point of stifling free speech, and that its lawyers need to revamp the way they evaluate copyright infringement claims.

The letter is notable both because YouTube and online video generally have become prime platforms for communicating political messages during the 2008 presidential campaign, and because this is one of the rare instances when a member of Congress is speaking out in favor of fair-use rights, after experiencing for themselves the onerous burden put on citizens using media to express ideas.

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