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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)."
why did this get posted? Slow day?
Both are members of skull and bones and won't reveal what it is. I doubt it is a secret government, but I imagine it would be a buddies club...
Considering the invasions of privacy conducted upon ordinary civilians, it is kinda ridiculous that a political candidate can have a secret membership.
Can they prove they both aren't islamic sleeper terror agents? Under current laws, their dodgy private club would warrent us tapping their phones and having them followed.
Unacceptable. This isn't some tin foil hat rave, it's just unacceptable for them to be part of an undisclosed organisation. The people have a right to know whether or not it is a compromsing membership. What oaths have they sworn that we don't know about?
Sorry this isn't so much about copyright as it is about secrets and anti-democratic moves - because this is what it amounts to.
the lesser of two evils.
You mean Steve Jobs?
Well, one day I went out to market and just before I left I made sure the fences were locked and tightly shut. My wife stayed at home to make some blueberry muffins for me and the boys and I said to her "Keep an eye on Grendel (that's the name I gave to that trouble making goat)." She told me she had it under control and I left for a day of buying and selling (contact Don Lapre for more information about buying and selling...it can earn you and extra $4000 a day*). I meet up with Dick and Harry at the market and we set off on a hunt for a recipe for pure goat cheese. After a few hours of searching we got hungry and stopped for a drink and a bite to eat at the local pub. Well, the drink and bite to eat turned into eight pints of beer each. Just as we were leaving a young lad tried to get into the pub and order a beer. The bartender said, "your a bit young for a beer aren't ya laddy?". Well, It turned out this was no lad, but a little person. The bartender would not beleive him and told him to leave. On his way out the little man asked us if we could buy him a few beers. I was happy to oblige and we bought him a few beers and a few more for ourselves. We got to talking with this fine man and told him of our quest for a recipe for goat cheese. "You see little man." I wispered leaning into him. "Me, Harry, and Dick are into buying and selling and are looking for a recipe for 100% pure goat cheese. We heard that someone in this town has such a recipe and we was looking to buy it." The little man then jumped up out of his chair and shouted "Do you know Don Lapre?" Well, we were taken aback by this question and told him we only knew Don from his great infomercials and had ordered his package for only 39.95. The little man sat back down as he expalined that he had sen the infomercial as well and was hoping to get into the business too. "I have a proposition for you" he said. "I might just know of a place where you could find such a recipe, but it's gonna cost you. You must give me the information Don sent you on 1-900 numbers." The boys and I had looked over the 1-900 information last week and realized we would rather stick to Buying and Selling so we agreed to his price. He told us to stay there and he would be back shortly. As we were waiting for the little man to return Dick took out the 1-900 business info and read it over agian. "Wow, you can make over $80,000 a week with the information Don has in this pamphlet." "Yes," I replied. "But with the goat cheese recipe we will make millions and millions by using the methods Don has shown us about buying and selling." We then finally agreed that the deal was a good one, sat back and drank a few more beers. About an hour later the little man comes back with a envelope in his hands. "This," he says as he holds up the envelope. "This is the recipe for the best goat cheese in the world." We exchanged the 1-900 info for the envelope and headed home. We decided that I would hold on to the recipe as I was the one who owned the goats. So I dropped of Dick and Harry and as I pulled into my driveway I noticed the neighbors lawn had been destroyed. They were goat farmers too so I imagined that their goats had gotten out and eaten the lawn. As I pulled up to the house I saw my neighbors standing at the front door with Grendel tied up with a rope. I jumped out of the truck to see what the problem was as they headed toward my car. "Your @#$%@ goat just destroyed my lawn." Dan yelled. "Just look at it, it's taken me 2 years of Barefoot treatment to get it that lush and green." "I'm sorry, Dan, I thought I locked Grendel's gate this morning when I left."
"Your sorry my #$@." He said. "I am sorry. Look," I said. " I'll pay for this to be fixed. How much were the monthly treatments?" I asked. "$35 a month." He said, in a calmer tone. Well, as it turned out I had to return Don's package for a refund to pay for the first treatment. I still have the goat cheese recipe, but without Don's guidance, I just can't seem to sell it to anyone."
*Only Don's best students make $4000 a day. You could earn more or less! Don also has information about the 1-900 business.
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?
ad logicam Claiming a proposition is false because it was presented as the conclusion of a fallacious argument.
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.