CNN To Release Debates Under Creative Commons

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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Protesting against the system should be done by voting You really are deluded. Is your life that hunky dory?

So I get to vote every 3 years or so (Im in Australia) and neither of the major parties that always take power represent me. It's bullshit. Voting does nothing. The major parties are paid for by big business. And because they have the most money, they can afford more advertising etc to brainwash all the people who take no interest in politics.