ABC/Disney Shuts Down Blog Exercising Fair Use

An anonymous reader writes "A blogger named Spocko had his blog shut down by ABC/Disney lawyers because he had posted clips from an ABC Radio-affiliated program and commented on their content, as well as informed show advertisers of what exactly they were paying for. Spocko merely pointed out the content that station KSFO was broadcasting, and as a result Visa pulled their advertising from the station. More companies were reportedly considering pulling their ads. A YouTube video summary is available. From the Daily Kos article: 'How'd he do it? He did it the way it's always done - by working within the law, identifying points of weakness, exploiting them and being absolutely tenacious ... It appears to me as if Disney is attempting to bully a little guy in an unethical manner. Any media lawyer worth the air she breathes knows that Spocko's use was well protected.'"

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Re:Problem with things like torture

[TubeSteak]

If you are right-wing Christian, doesn't that involve _following_ your religion? The one that supposedly had a man called Jesus who talked about doing good, being good to everyone etc?

That is the part that I do not understand.

The events of the Old Testament took place before God sat down and took some anger management classes.

Some Christians are a bit more Old Testament in their faith than others.

Re:Problem with things like torture

[Howserx]

Like the bumper sticker says "if going to church makes me a Christian, does going to the garage make me a car?"

Now for another bad analogy...

[epee1221]

Main language in Istanbul: Turkish
Main languages in Constantinople: Latin and Greek

That's a big difference there. They must be different cities.