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Parody or Satire? Threat To Sue JibJab
The Importance of writes "Internet multimedia producers JibJab have been getting a lot of attention recently for their version of Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land" that pokes fun at Bush, Kerry and America in general. Now, JibJab is being threatened with a copyright lawsuit by the rights holders. They've already contacted EFF and there is an ongoing debate about whether the flash animation is protected parody or infringing satire."
I saw this for the first time this morning. I honestly have to say it is about the most pointless piece of tripe I have had the distinct displeasure to witness in quite a while. ... not funny.
I am not of the US but I do follow your politics as it impacts on a significant part of the world.
The American sense of humour eludes me. I think it is because it's
It's sort of crass to make crude fun of how somebody died in an accident.
But we're probably all better off with Sonny Bono and Paul Wellstone dead, so I guess it's okay to make suchlike comments.
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Let's see, Republicans stand for states rights, so they try and fail to push a federal constitutional amendment to override states rights on marriage.
They are for fiscal responsibility, so they throw out the budget surplus they inherited from Democrat president Clinton and replace it with the biggest deficits in history.
They are for limited government, so they lie about how much a huge prescription drug plan will cost so they can ram that through, and they expand the police state powers tremendously, including snooping on library records.
Yep, that's effective alright.
Infuriate left and right
Wellstone was a squeaky-voiced nitwit. A gasbag who promised his constituents he would only be a one-term Senator. Until he got the 'power' bug.
He attended the same temple as Rudy Boschwitz, btw.
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