Political Speech, Sue ‘Em
Sean Braisted, of the Obama campaign, is so pissy over this bumper sticker created by Blake, that he is even threatening a lawsuit pointing out that Blake could be sued. You have to love those free speech “liberals”.
Sean Braisted, of the Obama campaign, is so pissy over this bumper sticker created by Blake, that he is even threatening a lawsuit pointing out that Blake could be sued. You have to love those free speech “liberals”.
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Another vexing display of ignorance.
Trademark infringement is not covered as free speech.
Hopefully he sells a bunch, the Obama campaign will own every penny.
Satire, not covered? Political satire at that?
Two points.
First, don’t lie, you’re above that…I never threatened a lawsuit.
Second, there is a difference between creating an online image that says “got socialism” with the Obama logo…and creating a bumper sticker and selling it for a profit.
I don’t care if he does it or not, I’m not going to report it to the campaign…I just think its a bit ironic that someone claiming to stand up for capitalism doesn’t seem to respect intellectual property rights.
I don’t care if he does it or not, I’m not going to report it to the campaign.
Thanks for that. Heh.
Can’t admit you’re wrong, can you?
Okay, let me acknowledge what you said.
No you didn’t. That was kind of a joke, you know. It was followed by the description of you as, “of the Obama campaign”.
I think the plaintiff would have a hard time in this case. I mean, it is satire, and it is also political satire. I disagree.
Glen,
And he is selling it for a profit, which makes it a commercial enterprise, not some journalistic endeavor.
Weird Al sells the sheet music for many famous pop hits for profit too. Also, are journalistic endeavors not for profit?
Heh, if you look at most newspapers around the country…no, they aren’t turning a profit.
As for Weird Al, he alters content to parody them…Blake didn’t alter the logo at all.
Not to mention that he secures permission to parody the works and pays to liscense the copyrights.
HBK, no he doesn’t. Ask that Medusa headed joker that made “Gangster’s Paradise”.
Actually, Weird Al does, although legally, he may not have to.
In Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. the SCOTUS ruled that parodies can be fair use and remanded the case. The parties then settled out of court, and liscensing royalties were included, although the royalties for making a cover are modest compared to liscensing a recording.
To the best of my knowledge, there was no litigation on “Amish Paradise”.
It was pretty funny watching Weird Al’s response when he heard Medusa head say he
“wasn’t down with that”. Dude looked scared to death.
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