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In reply to the discussion: NBC tells Obama not to use footage [View all]alsame
(7,784 posts)51. They did it to Romney too in January
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/28/nbc-news-asks-romney-campaign-to-remove-ad/
NBC News Asks Romney Campaign to Remove Ad
NBC News is asking that the Romney campaign remove from its ads any references to material from the network in response to a new commercial that consists almost entirely of old footage of its former news anchor, Tom Brokaw, reporting on Newt Gingrichs legal troubles.
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The NBC Legal Department has written a letter to the campaign asking for the removal of all NBC News material from their campaign ads, said Lauren Kapp, the networks senior vice president for marketing and communications. Similar requests have gone out to other campaigns that have inappropriately used Nightly News, Meet the Press, Today and MSNBC material.
The episode highlights a frequent but potentially fraught practice in political advertising. Campaigns routinely use clips from news articles and programs in their advertisements as a way to give their message independent credibility. But they almost never request permission from the news organizations themselves, and work that was never intended to be used for political purposes gets suddenly cast in a partisan light.
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If I were NBC, I would be delighted to have someone running my footage on ABC or CBS
JDPriestly
Oct 2012
#74
then can a campaign use any copyrighted music that they want under that same fair use? eom
yawnmaster
Oct 2012
#43
Amen! Matt Lauer's a Repubican shill - just like David "Raps-with-Rove" Gregory & Chucky Todd
66 dmhlt
Oct 2012
#63
An "if" question. If 100 people went to the same sports event, and if those 100 people filmed
2on2u
Oct 2012
#8
Last time I checked the president was trying to help everyone in this country profit, not only the
2on2u
Oct 2012
#39
I Don't Think It Would Happen But The Obama Campaign Could Make A Decision Not To Air Any More Ads..
global1
Oct 2012
#11
Response: "The Obama campaign will stop using your clips to point out Romney's lies when your
JoePhilly
Oct 2012
#29
3 words: Fair Use Doctrine. Oh, yeah, and two letters: F and U - n/t
coalition_unwilling
Oct 2012
#73
Notice to GE: We, the people are taking back the airwaves-fuck your "full spectrum dominance"
bobthedrummer
Oct 2012
#81
Good. I don't want to see Andrea Greenspan's face in anything democratic as she
mfcorey1
Oct 2012
#88
While we're at it we should weaken the ridiculous copyright laws here anyway.
MessiahRp
Oct 2012
#89