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Unhinged Cartoonist Has A Cow Over Website [Ted Rall]
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| 2-24-05
| DiscoverTheNetwork.org
Posted on 02/24/2005 5:00:06 AM PST by SJackson
Unhinged Cartoonist Has A Cow Over Website |
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By DiscoverTheNetwork.org
DiscoverTheNetwork.org | February 24, 2005 We received an email from Ted Rall, the cartoonist who called our war against the Taliban a "genocide" and belongs to the Michael Moore-Ward Churchill school of supporters of the Zarqawi "resistance" in Iraq. Rall also made a name for himself by referring to fallen American war hero Pat Tillman as an "idiot." -- The Editors
Here is his email:
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 7:44 PM
Subject: URGENT: Cease and Desist Notice
Dear Mr. Horowitz:
It has come to my attention that you have, without obtaining written or other permission, posted a publicity photograph of myself, apparently copied from my website, to your site Discover the Network (http://www.discoverthenetwork.org). This photograph is copyrighted material. Your act violates U.S. Copyright Law, which provides for damages up to $150,000 plus attorney's fees.
I therefore request that you take the following actions on or before 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Friday, February 25, 2005:
1. Remove said photograph from your website.
2. Agree to remit the sum of $5,000.00 as payment for your unauthorized use of said photograph, with such payment via money order to be received within three (3) business days at my address in New York, New York.
3. Sign a notarized stipulation agreeing not to post my copyrighted material in the future.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this urgent matter.
Sincerely,
Ted Rall
We are flattered to receive Rall's "cease and desist" notice since he has made no such demand to "American Traitor" where the same photo is posted today. We'll just have to guess why Rall finds being posted in a database on the left more offensive than being called a traitor.
The offending profile of Rall can be read here.
Date: February 24, 2005 2:06:57 AM PST
To: Tedrall@aol.comSubject: Re: URGENT: Cease and Desist Notice
Dear Mr. Rall,
I represent David Horowitz, and am writing to respond to your email below. I am informed that the "publicity photograph" was not copied from your website, contrary to your surmise. It appears to be in the public domain. If you dispute this, please promptly furnish me with a copy of your copyright registration.
Even if the photo is copyrighted, its use in FrontPageMagazine.com appears to qualify as a fair use. The nature and purpose of the use is news reporting and commentary in an Internet publication for nonprofit educational purposes. The very nature of a "publicity photo" suggests that it is ordinarily intended to be used without obtaining permission in advance. Moreover, it does not appear that the effect of the use would be to decrease the value of the photo, which appears to have been widely circulated in many sources. Accordingly, we believe a court would find this use of the photo to be "fair" under Section 107 of the Copyright Law.
Based on the foregoing reasons, your three requests are hereby rejected. We would be willing to consider any further information you care to provide, including a copy of any copyright registration.
Manuel S. Klausner
DiscoverTheNetwork.org was created by David Horowitz to track the interlocking network of the far-Left. DTN features in-depth profiles of leftist organizations and personalities, and houses the blog Moonbat Central.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: horowitz; rall
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To: SJackson
Good thing Ted has such a good image. I'm sure he'll be able to find a sympathetic jury to hear his case (he, he).
To: SJackson
Gee, that was a much more thoughtful and expensive response than mine would have been!
i.e. "KMA"!
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posted on
02/24/2005 5:37:28 AM PST
by
G Larry
(Aggressively promote conservative judges!)
To: SJackson
Draw horns on it and call it parody.
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posted on
02/24/2005 5:38:43 AM PST
by
gridlock
(If a man says something while alone in the forest, and no woman hears him, is he still wrong?)
To: SlowBoat407
But if they did that, their heads would be empty.
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posted on
02/24/2005 5:39:00 AM PST
by
Paleo Conservative
(Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Andrew Heyward's got to go!)
To: Textide
Sheesh. Is that request even legal? You can demand anything you want, because perhaps the person you're writing a letter to is stupid enough to pay. The demand is essentially an offer to settle in advance: "you pay me $5000, and I agree not to sue you". The particular amount he just made up.
To: SJackson
DEE-NIED!! Good going frontpagemag!
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posted on
02/24/2005 5:42:43 AM PST
by
SuziQ
To: SJackson
The very nature of a "publicity photo" suggests that it is ordinarily intended to be used without obtaining permission in advance. LOL! What a maroon -- if he labeled it a "publicity photo", he was sending a message that any reasonable person would interpret as permission to use the photo in a reasonable context of providing, well, publicity. He'd have a legitimate complaint if somebody farked the photo to show him in flagrante delicto with a sheep or something, but as it is he's just making an ass of himself.
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posted on
02/24/2005 5:43:54 AM PST
by
steve-b
(A desire not to butt into other people's business is eighty percent of all human wisdom)
To: rickmichaels
Horowitz should send $5000 of Monopoly money to said address. Better yet, is there a Marxist pesthole country whose currency is 1)called "dollars" and 2)worth about $1.98 in real money for $5000 of theirs?
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posted on
02/24/2005 5:45:20 AM PST
by
steve-b
(A desire not to butt into other people's business is eighty percent of all human wisdom)
To: beef
I am not an artist. Can anyone who is come up with a caricature of him done in his own style? No; an artist cannot produce images in Ted Rall's style.
What you need is someone with no artistic talent whatsoever, or, better yet, someone who has never handled a pen before, to make the attempt.
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posted on
02/24/2005 5:46:57 AM PST
by
steve-b
(A desire not to butt into other people's business is eighty percent of all human wisdom)
To: SJackson
hmmm .. that's the first time i've seen a picture of him.. he looks like a girl. no wonder he's having the vapours over it.. lol
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posted on
02/24/2005 5:48:20 AM PST
by
sdpatriot
("If I know the answer I'll tell you the answer, and if I don't, I'll just respond, cleverly." Rummy)
To: steve-b
Better yet, is there a Marxist pesthole country whose currency is 1)called "dollars" and 2)worth about $1.98 in real money for $5000 of theirs?Right -- there's nothing in the demand that requires U.S. currency. Further, there's nothing in the demand that requires the $5000 to be in a currency that is at this time legal tender. So.... maybe Confederate currency?
Rall shouldn't be so careless in his wording when talking to a lawyer. Shoulda remembered his buddy, Bill "the meaning of 'is'" Clinton.
To: SJackson
Turd Ball needs to be dropped off at a local Airborne Ranger watering hole to espouse his thoughts on Pat Tillman, and then suffer the consequences.
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posted on
02/24/2005 6:09:44 AM PST
by
DTogo
(U.S. out of the U.N. & U.N out of the U.S.)
To: SJackson
SOMEBODY had to do it!
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posted on
02/24/2005 6:18:59 AM PST
by
upchuck
("If our nation be destroyed, it would be from the judiciary." ~ Thomas Jefferson)
To: SJackson
Ralls is such a.......
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posted on
02/24/2005 6:25:12 AM PST
by
Dallas59
(Bush said the "F" word 27 times January 20th, 2005!)
To: SJackson
I suspect Mr. Klausner was at least tempted to add a post script:
P.S.: Now reach over here so I can SMACK you, you worthless moron you.
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posted on
02/24/2005 6:29:26 AM PST
by
Petronski
(Zebras: Free Range Bar Codes of the Serengeti)
To: SJackson
Ted Rall's product is garbage.
garbage in... garbage out.
plus I do not think his art is worth more than garbage.
and his opinion is worth less than garbage.
and Mr Rall I will never sell your garbage.
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posted on
02/24/2005 6:51:23 AM PST
by
A message
(yep)
To: SJackson
bump to see what happens.
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posted on
02/24/2005 6:52:51 AM PST
by
mnehring
(cBS- Fourth Column, Fifth Estate, Disinformers)
To: steve-b; beef
All it takes is MS Paint and third grade. Sorry Ted.
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posted on
02/24/2005 7:01:02 AM PST
by
Sender
(Team Infidel USA)
To: Sender
Well hey, it's more accurate than Rall's caricature of Bush. Oh and Ted, if you put this on your website, I'll need $5000 up front. To everyone else it's free.
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posted on
02/24/2005 7:07:37 AM PST
by
Sender
(Team Infidel USA)
To: SJackson
Ted Rall, Aron Magruder, Gary Trudow, Olifant, Wright . . they all love the 1st Amendment, unless someone is using it to say something that they don't like, then they hold their breath until they turn blue. Grown men.
Go sit in the corner Ted. First, gimme those crayons. And put that lower lip away `fore a rooster lights on your nose and . . time-out for you, young man!
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posted on
02/24/2005 7:12:29 AM PST
by
tumblindice
(Our Founding Fathers: all conservative gun owners)
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