The film is not due to be released in the UK until 29 April
Posted on 04/07/2009 12:37:25 PM PDT by JoeProBono
A US columnist is out of a job after posting an online review of an illegally downloaded copy of X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Roger Friedman, who wrote the piece on his regular column, had worked at the Fox news website for 10 years.
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The film is not due to be released in the UK until 29 April
Would Obama lose his, if it is proven that he has violated U.S. copyright laws by giving an iPod chockful of music for U.S. release only to a foreign head of state?
liberals (I assume the columnist in question is a lib since 9/10 are) assume that crime gets you a TOTUS-reader Cabinet position and can get or sustain a spot in Congress so it certainly is OK for everyone but Conservatives.
But they forget that when it comes to money, liberals turn on each other (witness the NYT going after Boston Globe unions).
I for one have had more belly laughs in the last few days than I can remember.
Isn’t this what writers at Aintitcoolnews.com have done for the past decade?
Over at the Electronic Frontier Foundation's blog, the organization's senior staff attorney Fred von Lohmann explores the legality of Obama's recent gift of an iPod to the Queen of England. Along with the iPod, Obama gifted 40 show tunes ripped from a purchased CD.
This is an UGLY double standard from the Pravda media.
They willingly disclose government secrets in open treason against America and yet someone views and reviews a work in progress and suddenly an “ethical” line has been crossed.
Dan Rather willingly took LSD, heroin, and other drugs in the name of “journalism”.
I’ll have to see their style guide again.
LOL!
Didn't that website begin as a place for whistle-blowers to post government documents that the government didn't want exposed?
I'm just trying to recall what the standard is here. Did Friedman illegally download something, or did he just write a column on some material that he obtained, but that he didn't himself steal?
-PJ
There are plenty of instances of the media running illegally obtained items or at least viewing them and making reports.
They draw a line at entertainment scoops (look at how Big Media was handed the personal information when someone had legally purchased a street level final edition copy of the last Harry Potter novel).
This is a danger. Big Media puts a higher value on entertainment copyright than they do national security. Perhaps we should look for news from organizations that don’t have this conflict of interest (they are antiAmerican at the core, there is no other explanation for their treason and support of espionage against this nation’s government).
The difference is that they face consequences for printing advance movie reviews. The studio won’t allow them further access to preview screenings.
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