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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: 2) by JNCF on Thursday April 09 2015, @03:31AM

    by JNCF (4317) on Thursday April 09 2015, @03:31AM (#168145) Journal

    Exactly. Casting an individual vote is already an idealistic gesture that doesn't do anything to affect change. Why should we be naively idealistic when deciding whether or not to vote, but then pragmatic and pessimistic when deciding how to vote? I'm not asking for strict rationality, only some semblance of consistency. Are we or are we not being idealists on election day?

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