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Wal-Mart Parody Site Censored by DMCA

Posted by Zonk on from the always-low-opinion dept.

davidwr writes "Wal-Mart used the Digital Millenium Copyright Act to temporarily shut down a university student's parody of the Wal-Mart Foundation." The story's details are also available via BusinessWeek. From the article: "Papasian launched the Web site April 16 for an art class at Carnegie Mellon University called 'Parasitic Media.' The class teaches students about the political uses of satire in the media. He acknowledged using Wal-Mart's graphics on his Web site but said he believed he could use the images as part of a parody."

5 of 469 comments (clear)

  1. First Post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    w00t! Props to the 3 Matts

  2. Re:Uh oh! by republican+gourd · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Open Source + Cheap overseas outsourcing: Watch out for falling prices!

  3. Re:I was under the impression... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Canada doesn't take Anonymous Cowards - I tried... they said that they filled their quota between 1968 and 1974.

  4. jbanes@gmail.com by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  5. Re:How to shoot yourself in the foot in three easy by Brandybuck · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Where the hell do you live that you have no alternatives? Even in my tiny rural hometown I've got J.C. Penny's, Ace Hardware, Rite-Aid, and a whole mainstreet of specialty stores. And it has both a KMart and a Walmart. Not a half hour away are Gottschalk's, Walgreen, Mervyn's, Sears and Montgomery Wards.

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    Don't blame me, I didn't vote for either of them!