• Wired, Wednesday, September 5, 2012 1:30 PM

On Tuesday night, shortly after First Lady Michelle Obama’s DNC speech, YouTube reportedly put a copyright blocking message on its live-stream video of the event. Making matters worse -- because YouTube is the official streaming partner of the DNC -- would-be watchers apparently encountered the same blocking message on BarackObama.com and DemConvention2012. Reached by Wired.com, a YouTube spokesman downplayed the blockage, explaining in an email: “After tonight’s live stream ended, YouTube briefly showed an incorrect error message … Neither the live stream nor any of the channel’s videos were affected.”

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