Comments on: Candidates and copyright http://prezvid.com/2007/08/23/candidates-and-copyright/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:36:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: James Kotecki http://prezvid.com/2007/08/23/candidates-and-copyright/#comment-5086 James Kotecki Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:20:00 +0000 http://prezvid.com/2007/08/23/candidates-and-copyright/#comment-5086 Thanks for posting this - is there a definitive answer out there on whether it's fair use? I based my assumption that it's not on two factors: 1) The networks having to explicitly make their debate footage available to bloggers - implying that it otherwise wouldn't be. 2) A network news producer once told me "You didn't hear this from me, but you should upload your appearances on our channel to YouTube." She was implying, I thought, that even if I were just taking a clip of my own interview, I would be doing something that, in the very least, CNN didn't like. So, I have my hunches but no clear answer. Thanks for posting this - is there a definitive answer out there on whether it’s fair use?

I based my assumption that it’s not on two factors:

1) The networks having to explicitly make their debate footage available to bloggers - implying that it otherwise wouldn’t be.

2) A network news producer once told me “You didn’t hear this from me, but you should upload your appearances on our channel to YouTube.” She was implying, I thought, that even if I were just taking a clip of my own interview, I would be doing something that, in the very least, CNN didn’t like.

So, I have my hunches but no clear answer.

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