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Rand Paul Censored by Youtube ContentID Copyright Enforcement System

posted by takyon on Wednesday April 08 2015, @10:30AM   Printer-friendly
from the I-have-a-vision-for-SIGNAL-LOST dept.

tt2800038 writes:

Not too long ago both Rand and Ron Paul were pushing a copyright maximalist agenda. Today the chickens have come home to roost. Rand Paul's presidential announcement has been blocked by a copyright claim from Warner Music Group due to a clip of a song used in the announcement. Even more apropos of the (less and less as time goes by) libertarian-leaning Republican candidate, it wasn't a DMCA takedown raining on his parade, but the purely private ContentID system that Youtube put in place in order to appease the copyright cartel.

Here is a transcript of Rand Paul's announcement.

 
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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 08 2015, @02:51PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 08 2015, @02:51PM (#167861)

    Yes, because when there is a viable third party candidate you now get to pick from THREE people instead of TWO. Now you get to boast to everyone that you voted for the third guy, not necessarily because of his positions, but because he's NOT one of the other two, and only fools and tools would vote for one of the other two (regardless of their positions on any topic). That's called being "insightful" and "stickin' it to the Man." You're a rebel, dude.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 08 2015, @04:23PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 08 2015, @04:23PM (#167887)

    > Yes, because when there is a viable third party candidate you now get to pick from THREE people instead of TWO.

    Wow you are a dick. The underlying assumption of your snark is that all parties are the same because their identity is the fact that they are a party rather than their actual platform and historical actions.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 09 2015, @02:41AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 09 2015, @02:41AM (#168121)

    I vote only for people I approve of, or no one at all. I'm not voting to vote against anyone, so that's a mere straw man on your part (which apparently gets you modded up). Second of all, there are more than three.