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Romney Invokes Fair Use In Dispute With NBC Over Campaign Ad

Posted by timothy on from the folsom-v-marsh dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Mitt Romney's campaign is airing an ad that is basically 30 seconds lifted from an NBC News broadcast and NBC is trying to stop them from using the ad. I found it interesting that the Romney campaign is invoking fair use to defend the ad. Romney adviser Eric Fehrnstrom said 'we believe it falls within fair use. We didn't take the entire broadcast; we just took the first 30 seconds.'"

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  1. Re:Fair use? "Not comfortable with..." by eugene2k · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, but mine do!

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  2. Re:Fair use? "Not comfortable with..." by clarkkent09 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Tom Brokaw: "I do not want my role as a journalist compromised..". How cute. He thinks he's a journalist.

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  3. Re:Fair use? "Not comfortable with..." by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Freedom of religion doesn't force the world to conform to your views, it only allows you to have them.

    Unless it offends an atheist.