https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/10/election-season-youtube-takedowns/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:06:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/10/election-season-youtube-takedowns/comment-page-1/#comment-32751 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:06:13 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7682#comment-32751 For an eye-opening discussion of the problem of copyright “overreaching” in this and other contexts, see Jason Mazzone’s article, “Copyfraud,” published by New York University. It is available for (free) download here: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=787244

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/10/election-season-youtube-takedowns/comment-page-1/#comment-32370 Sun, 19 Oct 2008 04:22:25 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7682#comment-32370 I had a vague memory of that part of the debate agreement was that the footage would not be used by the campaigns. Anyone know anything about that?

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/10/election-season-youtube-takedowns/comment-page-1/#comment-32210 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:31:54 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7682#comment-32210 […] UPDATE:  A good analysis of the trademark issues from Paul Alan Levy, via Overlawyered. […]

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/10/election-season-youtube-takedowns/comment-page-1/#comment-32133 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:05:51 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7682#comment-32133 The copyright situation in the U.S. is a mess. The original purpose of copyright protection has been corrupted by moneyed interests and politicians have happily gone along with it, as long as the money kept flowing. It’s refreshing to see this issue come back and bite them. Of course, they offer the typical politicians’ solution, which is that the onerous rules they have foisted upon the public should not apply to them. No surprise there.

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