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Liberal Party of Canada Sues Satire Website

Posted by timothy on from the buncha-northern-libruls dept.

Geekboy writes "Arguing proprietary interests, the Liberal Party of Canada has set out to force the closing (article mirrored in case the site closes) of a satire web site that takes aim at the new unelected Canadian Prime Minister, Paul Martin. The site in question is paulmartintime.ca, which is a satire of paulmartintimes.ca, but this opens a whole can of worms in regards to copyright and fair use of web content, and it involves the controlling party of Canada. Clearly there are mixed messages when one site mimics another, but where does one draw the line when it involves political satire and accountability?"

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  1. This isn't exactly satire by TC+(WC) · · Score: 0, Troll

    What the hell's wrong with complaining about this website? It's at a domain that's easy to end up at when you want the real site, it looks exactly like the actual site, with a tiny disclaimer in the top right and an odd banner ad. It's not making its point by making witty or sarcastic comments or observations of the actual website that they've blatantly copied. Basically, they stole the format for this site, and put in a bunch of content that opposes Paul Martin.

    Just because you oppose something, doesn't mean everything you do is satire. On a quick skim of the page, the only thing that actually looks like it would be satire is the blog entries (which aren't particularly funny, but that doesn't really matter so much).

    So, the liberal party is rightfully pissed off that someone stole the art and layout of a website. This layout is not being used in a satirical way and doesn't even contain satirical content. I can't see how anyone can deny the fact that they have a damned good point.