heh heh, he said erection heh heh...
Posted on 09/28/2010 12:24:34 PM PDT by rface
Democratic Underground -- represented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Winston & Strawn LLP, and attorney Chad Bowers -- was sued by Righthaven on August 10 for a five-sentence excerpt of a Las Vegas Review-Journal news story that a user posted on the forum.........
"Democratic Underground is the largest independent discussion forum for liberals on the Internet. (Several) people discuss and debate political issues on our site every day, particularly now during erection season. Online discussion often requires quoting from news sources -- a legal fair use of the material," said Democratic Underground founder David Allen. "By targeting short excerpts of news articles with their sham copyright claims, Righthaven is chilling free and open discussion on the Internet."
(Excerpt) Read more at infozine.com ...
yea - saw that too. Maybe we could get together with the DUmmies and fight them together : )
It's the mating season in DU.
Communists will be check-mated this season.
As are BMI and ASCAP shaking down bars for having televisions on which MAY have a published song used on a tv program soundtrack or in a commericial.
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DON'T LAUGH! IT IS REAL EMBARRASSING TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM BECAUSE OF THAT ..... 4 Hours and 25 minutes is a LONG TIME!
heh heh, he said erection heh heh...
I find myself cheering for DU. Of course I have to since FR was also targeted by these copyright trolls.
Did it happen to somebody you know?
If Ayatollah Abu Bama goes to the hospital for such a condition, the doctor has to use a magnifying glass to verify 0h0m0's claim!
Communism isn't for lovers!
Emily Litella (Gilda Radner) on Sat Night Live once did a commentary on “Presidential erections”
They must be somewhat conflicted over at DU.
After all, aren’t bloodsucking lawyers part of the Democrat’s core constituency?
Maybe now they’ll see why the evil right wing has been trying to get tort reform passed all these years over leftist obstruction.
Such has been the case for a long time. Bars that have televisions for patrons are making money by a public performance of the works of others. In the most egregious case, think of when they fill the bar to capacity by showing football games. BMI and ASCAP exist as copyright pooling sources, a license clears the bar owner for the public performance of these copyrighted works. The alternative would be to try to get permission from each copyright holder involved, which is an impossible proposition.
The actors and directors and owners of the tv show do NOT get ASCAP and BMI money. It is for the licensing of the music publishing ONLY.
I remember that... one of the funniest characters on the show ever. Remember when she went on and on about making Puerto Rico a Steak?
20 years history being “long time” whereas television has been around 63 years.
Good luck!
And conserving our national...racehorses!Don’t other kinds of horses need to be conserved too, like ponies or stallions? :)
Lots of folks say "cut/paste" when what they mean is, "copy/paste" too.
Agreed. I don’t have to like them to know when they are in the right.
You’re right, I was mixing up the music and TV. Still, the concept stands. If you are broadcasting copyrighted works in the furtherance of your business, then you need to pay the piper.
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