Nancy The Pirate Likes To Control What The Public Sees And Hears
The Republican Study Committee is accusing Nancy Pelosi of pirating C-SPAN footage for partisan political purposes.
“In addition to using pirated material, Speaker Pelosi also has used the pirated C-SPAN footage for partisan purposes. The collection of C-SPAN footage used in her ‘first official blog’ is an example and the other pirated C-SPAN trademarked material shows Democrat after Democrat offering their views of the non-binding Democrat resolution on the reinforcement and realignment of American troops in Iraq.”
Whether or not it’s appropriate for Speaker Pelosi to be using that C-SPAN footage on her website, it’s interesting that she’s willing to show us all her personally-selected clips of speeches and events on the House floor but won’t let C-SPAN show us live footage from the House.
Typical big-government liberal. No transparency. Just keep the public in the dark and only allow them to see what you want them to see.
Update: Some are saying that the RSC got it wrong by accusing Pelosi of misusing C-SPAN’s content quoting Bruce Collins, the Corporate Vice President and General Counsel of C-SPAN saying that the information was incorrect, but Kevin Aylward points out that C-SPAN itself is apparently being inconsistent in applying their copyright policies:
The problem with Collin’s statement is that it really flies in the face of C-SPAN’s history of sending take-down notices to sites using its content. C-SPAN’s web site indicates that you may not stream C-SPAN content, which Pelosi is clearly doing.
Read the whole thing.
