Julian Assange speech that was censored by the Oxford Union
In an attempt to highlight the importance of whistleblowers, Julian
Assange chose to have WikiLeaks' Collateral Murder footage as background
for his speech at the Sam Adams Awards, an award dedicated to
whistleblowers. The ceremony was organized by the Oxford Union. As a
result of the video playing in the background and unsuccessful attempts
to vet Julian's speech, the Union pulled the live stream from the event
and spent two days substituting the US Army massacre footage with their
logo. The Union claimed they feared that the US government would take
legal action concerning "copyright" of the Apache gun camera footage.
Wikileaks advised the Union that by law and practice the US government
does not claim copyrights on footage or documents that it produces, the
Union still decided to censor the video.
See http://collateralmurder.com/ for more information behind the Collateral Murder event in Baghdad.
See http://collateralmurder.com/ for more information behind the Collateral Murder event in Baghdad.
Julian Assange speech that was censored by the Oxford Union
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