Copyright Killbots Strike Again: Official DNC Livestream Taken Down By Just About Every Copyright Holder

Found on Techdirt on Wednesday, 05 September 2012
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Here we go again. Less than 24 hours ago, content-protection bots killed a livestream of the Hugo Awards, thanks to the brief appearance of fully approved clips from an episode of Dr. Who.

This time, content protection via crawling bots have taken down another approved, perfectly legal stream. The victim this time? The Democratic National Convention's official stream, hosted at YouTube.

Nice going, huge list of content holders. Your boundless, maximalist enthusiasm is just another nail in the coffin containing what's left of copyright's reputation.

Maybe Google votes for the Republicans?