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A useful reminder. Universal already did this by removing from YouTube Kim Dotcom's above-board rap video promoting MegaUpload. At first they made a false claim of plagiarism[1], but it turns out they feel the tools they built for copyright takedowns can be used for arbitrary censorship[2].

[1] http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111209/14234917026/univer...

[2] https://torrentfreak.com/megaupload-video-reinstated-univers...

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Aaand here's a fresh one: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/07/major-label-uses-...

BMG made a claim on Obama's singing in a political ad.

I'm all for laws being applied strictly to politicians who have the power to challenge them or change them. YouTube's fair use defense can only kick in in ten days. It does show the DMCA is not compatible with free speech, and if anyone cared about that, the argument would be easier to make than in the Citizens United case.

I missed this story the first time around. Link to source?

Done. And it was Universal not Viacom, sorry about that.

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