Posted on 11/01/2013 10:34:20 AM PDT by JoeProBono
BALTIMORE, - A Maryland man whose products parodying a pair of government agencies resulted in cease-and-desist orders is suing the agencies in federal court.
Dan McCall, whose LibertyManiacs.com website sells T-shirts and coffee mugs poking fun at the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security, said Zazzle.com, a website that puts custom designs on T-shirts, mugs and other products, refused to sell his items after receiving a cease-and-desist order from the agencies in 2011, Courthouse News Service reported Thursday.
One of the designs alters the DHS logo to read "Department of Homeland Stupidity," while another advertises the other agency as, "The NSA: The only part of government that actually listens."
McCall, whose products are now being sold through similar website CafePress.com, filed a federal lawsuit in Baltimore saying his products make fair use of the agencies' seals "to identify federal government agencies as the subject of criticism."
The lawsuit argues it's unconstitutional for the government to forbid him to sell his products to "customers who want to display the items to express their own criticisms of NSA and DHS."
The suit seeks a declaratory judgment.
The NSA and DHS did not respond to requests for comment, Courthouse News Service reported.
what are the chances someone would randomly send me a christmas present
“Sadly, the DHS and the NSA have every right to do what they are doing: “
No they don’t.
The designs were altered from the originals. They do not meet the definition of this law.
What’s your size and address?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=DelhLppPSxY
“Watch your tongue, I’ll have it cut from your head”
LOL! I love it!
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New apartment?
January 21, 2008.
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At the very least it is political satire which is also protected.
:)
You can drive a truck through that statute.
Even a bad lawyer could rip it apart.
Remember when dissent was patriotic?
i am trailer trash i thought i tole you i gave mine and ever thing in it to my son and g kids and bought the one cross the street cheep and fixtified it like ya know i am a highly talented carpenter cabinetmaker
This is clearly a First amendment issue, and the DHS, and NSA can go pound sand.
Yes, I know, they already have read my post, and tapped my phone...
...they have been doing that since Oct. 23, 1998.
5.56mm
Ah.
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