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Using Copyright To Suppress Political Speech
MacDork writes "As most /.'ers know all to well, Copyright is increasingly being used as a means to suppress free speech these days. And the trend has not been lost on our 2004 US Presidential candidates. Both George and John are using copyright law to 'vaporize' information considered embarrassing or harmful to their campaigns. Don't worry about basing your vote on copyright issues though. Like most other domestic issues (gay marriage: no, offshoring: yes), their stance is pretty much identical (i.e. pro Hollywood)."
the lesser of two evils.
You mean Steve Jobs?
Would someone, preferrably the moderator (AC if you have to), please explain why this was moderated as a troll? Thanks.
make world, not war
Didn't you hear? Either you are for bush or against bush, he even said so himself.
So, not voting for kerry is the same thing as voting for bush.
As for myself, I'm definitely anti-bush, so I'm voting brazilian. Fortunately, the wife agrees and doesn't mind going to the "polling booth" once a month or so. But, that's our own personal double entendre.
If my mod points had not expired about 4 hours ago I would have modded you up instead of try to make jokes.
When information is power, privacy is freedom.
I'm tired of the tin-foil hat crowd all jumping on the bandwagon and lumping every non-psycho- libertarian candidate in the same bucket. How the fuck does crap like this make it to a damn topic anyway? Where the hell is the news?
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DRUDGE REPORT -- TUE AUG 03, 2004 21:35:02 ET ANTI-KERRY VETS GATHER FOR ASSAULT; BOOK CLAIMS KERRY WAR 'FABRICATIONS' **Exclusive** A veterans group seeking to deeply discredit Democrat John Kerry's military service will charge in the new bombshell book UNFIT FOR COMMAND: Two of John Kerry's three Purple Heart decorations resulted from self-inflicted wounds, not suffered under enemy fire. All three of Kerry's Purple Hearts were for minor injuries, not requiring a single hour of hospitalization. A "fanny wound" was the highlight of Kerry's much touted "no man left behind" Bronze Star. Kerry turned the tragic death of a father and small child in a Vietnamese fishing boat into an act of "heroism" by filing a false report on the incident. Kerry entered an abandoned Vietnamese village and slaughtered the domestic animals owned by the civilians and burned down their homes with his Zippo lighter. Kerry's reckless behavior convinced his colleagues that he had to go -- becoming the only Swift Boat veteran to serve only four months. The Kerry campaign is planning to vigorously counter the charges and will accuse the veteran's groups of being well-financed by a top Bush donor from Texas, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. "They hired a goddamn private investigator to dig up trash!" charged a top Kerry adviser traveling with the senator late Tuesday. "This is pay for play, and the dirtiest of all dirty tricks ever played on a candidate for the presidency. How low can they go?" Kerry supporters are comparing the effort by the veterans to the Arkansas State troopers tell-all against Bill Clinton. UNFIT FOR COMMAND will not be released until August 15. The names. The details. All on the record. Beginning tomorrow, the DRUDGE REPORT will break the embargo.