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CNN To Release Debates Under Creative Commons

Posted by kdawson on from the coming-to-their-senses dept.

remove office writes "After calls from several prominent bloggers and a couple of presidential candidates, CNN has agreed to release the footage from its upcoming June presidential debates uncopyrighted. Senator Barack Obama was the first candidate to call for all presidential debates to be released under Creative Commons, with fellow Democratic hopeful John Edwards following shortly afterwards. CNN will be the first to do so with their June 3rd and 5th Democratic and Republican debates. MSNBC hosted the first presidential debates recently but refused to release them under Creative Commons, opting instead to post online only commercial-ridden clips in Windows Media format."

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  1. Re:Uncopyrighted... by mobby_6kl · · Score: 4, Funny

    Seems like a good idea, anyway. What's the point of having a debate if you don't let people debate the debate?

    (That was a rhetorical question, please don't comment on it).
    What's the point of making a comment if you don't let people comment on it?
  2. Re:On a closely related sidenote: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    There is no-where in the world where you are prohibited from disclaiming copyright on a work.

    Untrue. I've prohibited it in my house. If you want to disclaim copyright on a work then you can go someplace else and do it. My house, my rules.
  3. Re:Even worse than that... by Jarjarthejedi · · Score: 4, Funny

    No! Not Proprietary! Anything but Proprietary! Ahh! It burns! It burns us!

    (Sorry but the enthusiasm with which you said that was a little much or at least that's how I read it :P)

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  4. Re:Presidential debates by larry+bagina · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think it's a stretch to call any of them presidential.

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  5. Let me be the first to say.... by moosesocks · · Score: 4, Funny

    Let the YouTube mashups begin!

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