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Originally Posted by OpieCunningham
That's probably why the article is titled "Copyrighting the President" and not "Copyrighting Bush".
But there is little doubt that the current administration has leveraged this situation more effectively than any in the past. The sheer lack of press conferences means that a larger portion of his comments are copyrighted by some company.
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While that is true that they could be more copyrighted since Bush has made more private appearances than Clinton did, that doesn't mean that the footage is unaccessible. It's just that it can't be transmitted or reproduced.
Also understand that at a majority of the functions that are attended there are usually press tents available for the press to attend and shoot their own footage from outside. The reporters are usually allowed inside but not always. After that happens then the new footage is property of whatever news agency. Also keep in mind that is one of the reasons that CSPAN exists is to help balance out that role. CSPAN is funded by the cable industry itself.
It's also for the most part been like that since as long as I can remember, unless of course something like the Zapruder family donates the footage to the government.