Obama Wants Debate Footage Copyright Waived

OBAMA WANTS DEBATE FOOTAGE COPYRIGHT WAIVED
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
Senator and presidential candidate Barack Obama (D-IL) has asked Democratic National Committee Howard Dean to make video of the Democratic presidential debates publicly available free and unrestricted. Sen Obama wants the copyright holder--whether the DNC or a media outlet-- to waive copyright, saying "there is no reason that this particular class of content needs the protection." MSNBC says that it and co-sponsor POLITICO.com are maintaining control over the footage. They are requiring on-screen credits and limiting aired or streamed excerpts to no more than a combined two minutes in the hours just after the debate and no more than 10 minutes after that, with no excerpts to be archived or streamed after June 2 without express permission from MSNBC.
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