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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."

6 of 469 comments (clear)

  1. Uh oh! by MrP-(at+work) · · Score: -1, Troll

    "Nothing for you to see here. Please move along."

    Looks like WalMart got to Slashdot!

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  2. ATTENTION: ALL TROLLS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    This site is gay. Do you agree?

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  3. Re:In Soviet Wal-Mart by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Aren't all Wal-Marts Soviet?

  4. If this parody is legal... by hal2814 · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...then I'm take every copyrighted song and movie I own and make a "parody" where I add a humorous cymbal crash at the end of the original work. Then I can legally distribute my "parodies" of the songs and music.

  5. Re:Foolish boy... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I always find it sad when people have to use expletives to get their message across.

  6. CAUTION: TROLL AHEAD by mustardayonnaise · · Score: -1, Troll



    FUCK WAL-MART.

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