Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton released this statement earlier today on John McCain selecting Barack Obama as his Vice Presidential candidate:

Today, John McCain put a former state senator with zero foreign policy experience a heartbeat away from the presidency. Senator Obama shares John McCain’s commitment to warrantless surveillance programs, the agenda of gun manufacturers and increasing our military presence abroad — that’s not the change we need, it’s just more of the same.

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While I was pleased to hear of this decision in the Veoh case, I couldn’t just let this tidbit slide by without mentioning it:

(The judge also consulted Wikipedia to better understand what “Flash” might be, and he concluded that it is “the name of a file format used to transmit videos over the Internet.” Remember, kids, Wikipedia is only good enough for the federal judiciary to make precedent-setting legal decisions, not for your term papers.)

Veoh Safe Harbor ruling could help YouTube in Viacom battle

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