Noe and Friends: Censored
  October 10, 2006 6 p.m.
"We have been informed by Ohio Government Television that using video of Tom Noe at Justice Lanziger's swearing in ceremony is in their opinion a violation of copyright. While we disagree with the premise that state government can generate video to promote themselves and their work, but not allow discourse over that footage -- we, as a non-profit, do not have the deep pockets to fight this and intend to comply with the law.
The fact that Tom Noe, or any other citizen for that matter, was given license by the Chief Justice to stand in the well of the Ohio Supreme Court introducing Secretary of State Blackwell, Auditor Betty Montgomery and Governor Bob Taft -- speaks volumes about the pay-to-play atmosphere in Columbus.
Unfortunately we cannot link to the OGTV website as that official swearing in footage is not available , even though it was broadcast throughout Ohio at the time of the January 2005 event.
So as of 6 p.m. our video is censored. Memories, however, remain.
Brian Rothenberg
Executive Director
ProgressOhio.org
From: "Shellenbarger, Daniel" <dshellenbarger@ogtv.org>
To: Brian Rothenberg <brian@progressohio.org>
Subject: RE: Thank You from ProgressOhio.org
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 13:42:28 -0400
Brian:
Your video of Tom Noe is in copyright violation and is in violation of our
terms of use for our video. Please call me ASAP so we can discuss.
Dan Shellenbarger
466-3798
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