What’s this? Elon Musk made a bipartisan politically relevant decision?
The owner of social media platform Musk also changed policy X to be more in line with those on the right. As a result, Musk himself has become a controversial figure in politics, drawing condemnation from civil rights groups.
On Monday night, however, Musk made a rare and popular political decision: X will allow third parties to live stream Thursday’s presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Musk said his company would not remove comments from the debate live broadcast if CNN requested such a request.
‘The public has the right to watch presidential debates however they want,’ Musk said in reply To right-wing YouTuber Tim Pool. “The DMCA does not apply.”
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CNN Presidential Debate Broadcast Rules
Thursday’s debate is the first of only two presidential debates in 2024 and will be hosted by CNN. Therefore, cable news networks have the right to broadcast the debate between Biden and Trump.
CNN has Rights granted Other networks including ABC News, CBS, Fox News and PBS also aired the debate live on their respective channels.
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There are some rules and requirements CNN layouts content for these networks, such as the CNN badge being visible throughout the broadcast in exchange for being able to air the debate. The most important CNN requirement affecting live debate commentary, however, is the rule about adding any additional commentary before or after the debate. Other networks cannot add commentary during the debate, nor can they interrupt or change CNN hosts during the broadcast.
However, CNN also recently made it clear that proposals to live-stream the debate were not open to online streaming. in email shared According to Breaking Points co-host Saagar Enjeti, CNN said it “will not provide content to other YouTube channels.”
But apparently, CNN may have problems enforcing its rules regarding Elon MuskX. delete. That’s when Musk responded that the DMCA didn’t apply.
DMCA refers to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, which covers online copyright. Rights holders often submit DMCA requests to online platforms to remove copyrighted material when platform users post it.
YouTube bloggers and Twitch streamers pay close attention to politics familiar Fight against alleged copyright holders over the content of their comments. It’s widely accepted that much of what these creators post falls under fair use, which allows the use of copyrighted material for educational purposes, commentary, criticism, or transformative use cases. However, large companies often assert copyright claims for fair use of material, and online platforms honor these claims.
Musk’s stance, especially when it comes to an event as important to the voting public as a presidential debate, is a rare recent decision by an X owner, assuming he follows through: It’s one that doesn’t lean firmly to the right. Anchors of any political affiliation can safely air comments during live presidential debates that would likely be removed on any other online platform.
If X indeed refuses to remove the presidential debate live broadcast after the CNN’s removal request, it will be interesting to see whether CNN escalates the issue and sues Musk and company.
