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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: 1) by khallow on Thursday April 09 2015, @01:03PM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Thursday April 09 2015, @01:03PM (#168301) Journal
    I see you would already misuse the mod. Nobody changes their mind just because you posted shit on the internet. But they might, if you had a real argument to go with it.

    To recap this thread, an earlier AC poster claimed that "intellectual property" was a propaganda term because it wasn't "similar" to real property. I merely note that IP is real property for obvious reasons. Why argue something that with a little thought you can see is false? There is no point to the argument.