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

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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 09 2015, @01:59AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 09 2015, @01:59AM (#168099)

    Word that are associated with the "will do anything for money" meme: mercenary; whore.

    That a company doesn't have a "won't do business with unrepentant convicted criminals" policy speaks volumes about that company.

    -- gewg_

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 09 2015, @02:53AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 09 2015, @02:53AM (#168131)

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