Should online video of presidential debates be free for public use and remix?

by biverson | May 11, 2007 at 01:53 pm

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Should the political parties demand free usage of the video before making agreements with networks? How far should open usage go in presidential debates, stump speeches and other political speech? Share your thoughts in the comments below and I’ll run the best ones in the next Your Take Roundup.

Mark Glaser at MediaShift is asking people to weigh in on whether video of presidential debates should be "copylefted" and open to the public. Since the broadcast airwaves have been co-opted by commercial interests who do not seem to make adequate payments or trade-offs with we, the public, who own those airwaves, it seems that "allowing" voters in a democratic society to have access to the video is more than fair. What do you think?