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Congress Gets Their Own Piece of YouTube to Host Videos

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the rules-lawyering dept.

YouTube has promised a commercial-free zone in the near future to help Congress deal with the problem of hosting campaign videos that were technically breaking the rule of not redirecting constituents to a commercial site. "Within a month, the one and only responder, YouTube, should have its commercial-free zone up and running, Capuano said. Republicans on the commission still fret that with only one such site, the House could be seen as picking winners and losers on the Web. Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), another commission member, said the panel's Republicans want to keep the new rules fluid enough to use any future Web site that comes forward with a better plan. 'Technology moves fast. Congress moves slow,' he said."

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  1. Where do I opt out? by sexconker · · Score: 3, Insightful

    YouTube will have a channel dedicated to campaign videos. The videos will not link to "commercial" sites after being played.

    How is this newsworthy?

    A dedicated channel for lies, and shitty political commentary by youtube users? Where do I opt out?

    1. Re:Where do I opt out? by djradon · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Don't be such a nay-sayer. This could be pretty radical.

      Does anyone know of another country that's done something like this?

  2. Why youtube? by RalphSleigh · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If I can host flash video and a simple player on my £30/year web host, is there any good reason their in house tech is 'slow and cumbersome'? Flash video is not rocket science.

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  3. Republicans... by Mr.+Flibble · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Republicans on the commission still fret that with only one such site, the House could be seen as picking winners and losers on the Web.

    Every time I see popular political videos on You Tube it looks to me like Republicans are the losers on the web.

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    1. Re:Republicans... by dangitman · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Ron Paul didn't come out looking like a fool? That's news to me.b Except for Nader, he is the biggest joke of the '08 Presidential campaign, especially on the web. Even Huckabee did better.

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