The posting of copyrighted material has been a big problem for YouTube in the past. Now some of the highest profile users are posting illegal content: The presidential candidates!
Of the Democratic front runners Senators Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards only Obama has illegal content in this account – an interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC.
The leading Republicans however are a different story. Of Gov. Mitt Romney, Sen. John McCain and Mayor Rudy Giuliani only Giuliani doesn’t have copyrighted materials.
While McCain has clips from the Today Show, CNN and FOX News but Romney is the big offender.
Romney has content from all over including FOX News, 60 Minutes, CNN, MSNBC and even CBS’ Late Show with David Letterman.
So what will YouTube do? It's one thing to ban a teenager's account for posting Daily Show clips it is quite another to try to boss around a possible future President of the United States.
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