Bwahaha: Mitt Romney Ad Taken Down Over Copyright Claim (Al Green singing ad)

[cali]

Two days after President Barack Obama's campaign put out a brutal ad making fun of Mitt Romney's singing abilities, the Romney campaign responded in kind with a web video mocking Obama for singing Al Green's "Let's Stay Together."

However, on Monday afternoon, that video was no longer available. Viewers who tried to watch it were greeted with a fuzzy screen and the message:

This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by BMG_Rights_Management.

Neither the Romney campaign nor BMG immediately returned a request for comment.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/16/mitt-romney-ad_n_1677874.html

poor wittle rich boy willard can't catch a break.

[uponit7771]

1. Anyone else think this was all setup?! I'm serious, rMoney is the freakin WORST prez candidate in a

...generation.

They can't do crap right

[Pisces]

2. This is soooo perfect!!! The comedy of errors continues!!!

[cali]

3. it is delicious, isn't it?

[Pisces]

7. I don't know why I am so giddy over the whole thing, but I am truly enjoying the show.

[backscatter712]

4. Wow! Romney's campaign has really lost their ability to get their shit together!

[RedStateLiberal]

5. Epic Fail!

[DCBob]

6. total incompetence.

I suspect there will be a shakeup coming.. The Koch bros and Sheldon will demand it.

[Raine]

8. Welcome to the real world Mitt where you rich guys don't always get to keep everything just because

you think it's your's for the taking.

[reflection]

9. I swear I was thinking of this not 15 minutes ago

I was in line at the grocery store, just waiting and letting my mind wander, and I thought of that ad. I wondered if copyright claims extended to someone else using the material. Apparently it does. Basically I was wondering what Al Green thought of that ad. He is a fellow patient at a specialist I go to, and I have bumped into him a few times. Was thinking of asking him, but now I don't have to.

[eShirl]

10. I'd think that would qualify under "Fair Use"

if RMoney Campaign wanted to pursue it...

They're really busy lately "scrambling like a poodle on linoleum" (to borrow a phrase from Stephanie Miller).

[malaise]

11. Sweet as...!

[CTyankee]

12. did the campaign NOT pay for the rights to that song?

I mean the Romney campaign. Didn't they see copyright issues right before them? ANYONE with half a brain would see that...certainly the Obama campaign did and took measures as prescribed...

[ecstatic]

13. And yet they claim to understand "business." nt

[RevStPatrick]

14. That's a very good point!

Actually, all they "understand" is disaster capitalism...

[Bolo Boffin]

15. Quick, who's the copyright holder of "America The Beautiful"? n/t