YouTube to McCain: No special treatment for DMCA takedowns

YouTube has responded in the negative to the McCain campaign's request that some takedown notices against campaign videos not be honored, reports
ars technica.

In a letter to the campaign yesterday, YouTube Chief Counsel Zahavah Levine made two key points. The first was that having YouTube determine "fair use" claims is difficult and risky for the site. As Levine notes, "Lawyers and judges constantly disagree about what does and does not constitute fair use. No number of lawyers could possibly determine with a reasonable level of certainty whether all the videos for which we receive disputed takedown notices qualify as fair use."

emily | 8:42 AM | YouTube |
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