EFF Echoes McCain

Though initially critical of the McCain campaign’s request for special treatment, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has echoed parts of a letter to YouTube by calling for immediate fair use review of videos uploaded to the site upon the receipt of a counter-notice to a DMCA takedown notice.

Today, Von Lohmann’s name appears on a press release not reversing any criticism, but calling for YouTube to take a firmer stance against TV networks abusing the DMCA, a similar petition to the campaign’s. Blaming networks CBS, the Christian Broadcast Network, Fox and NBC as the main aggressors, Von Lohmann called on YouTube to do quick fair use reviews of all videos targeted by these networks.

“In clear cases of fair use, YouTube should stand firmly behind the interests of its user community," said von Lohmann. "YouTube has nothing to fear by hosting videos that do not infringe anyone's copyright."

Von Lohmann characterized remixing the news to make a point “is what political speech looks like in the 21st century."