News Corp. Makes Copyright Claim Over News Corp's Live Video Stream Of The GOP Debate

As you may have heard, there was a Republican Presidential debate last night -- and it was so much fun they actually did two of them. I happen to be in a hotel which had Fox News on the TV (at home I haven't had any TV service for many years), so I was watching some of it, just for the fun of it. A few people also pointed out that you could watch the stream live via Sky News' YouTube livestream. The debate was officially the "Facebook/Fox News" debate, so it seems odd enough that it wasn't streaming anywhere on Facebook, but we'll leave that aside for now. Yet, with about 15 minutes left in the debate, the livestream on YouTube suddenly disappeared and you got this: In short, Fox News issued a copyright takedown to YouTube over Sky News' streaming the debate. While that might sound perfectly reasonable, it seems worth pointing out that both Fox News and Sky News are owned by the same company: News Corp.. Yes, News Corp. effectively DMCA'd itself. Because that's how copyright works.

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