Ok, we’ve established my contempt for Obama, time to move on to that elitist prig McCain…and this is a prime example of the Entitlement Syndrome all politicians suffer (try and ignore the sneering pseudo-prole tone of the article).
John McCain’s presidential campaign has discovered the remix-unfriendly aspects of American copyright law, after several of the candidate’s campaign videos were pulled from YouTube.
McCain has now discovered the rights holder friendly nature of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which forces remixers to fight an uphill battle to prove that their work is a “fair use.”
However, instead of calling for an overhaul of the much hated law, McCain is calling for VIP treatment for the remixes made by political campaigns.
McCain’s proposal: complaints about videos uploaded by a political campaign would be manually reviewed by a human YouTube employee before any possible removal of the remix. The process for complaints against videos uploaded by millions of other Americans would stay the same: instant removal by a computer program, and then possible reinstatement a week or two later after the video sharing site has received and manually processed a formal counter-notice.
It may seem a small thing, but it’s simply indicative of the way these buffoons think. They consider themselves the Elite, if not actual fucking Royalty, and rules exist only to bend to their will. Oh, and to keep us rabble in check.
McCain is a Democrat in Republican clothing…which is just another way of saying he’s a snake in snake’s clothing. How I wish the Libertarian party could field someone other than the batshit insane! But as long as money rules, the old established houses will continue to be the only ones with a legitimate shot at the “Throne.” And that, fellow citizens, benefits absolutely no one but them.
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