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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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That reminds me. About 20 years ago I met this guy during my nurse training, another student, with whom I had this conversation.
him: 'Everyone who has not read the bible goes to hell'
me: 'Does that include the people in the amazon jungle who've never been contacted?'
him: 'Yes, they go to hell, because they don't follow Jesus'
me: 'That hardly seems fair, how would you go about rectifying that?'
him: 'That simple, drop bibles from helicopters onto their villages, then they'll be saved'
me:'.........'
Seriously, word for word, that was what happened. Sadly, the guy was blatently gay, but spent his time obviously wracked with guilt, presumably because he thought jesus disaproved, and constantly pretended to be interested in girls, I imagine (but do not know) in fear that his church disown him. I did try to befriend him, even attending his 'church' of very odd people in order to perhaps introduce him to some other gay people I knew, and give him a measure of happiness (we lived in the same corridor, and his constant depression wasn't helping), but every time the subject of homosexuality appeared he became very stressed, and started quoting religious stuff, presumably to ward off thoughts he was having.
I thought it was really sad that he was blocked from his only route to a happy sexual relationship by his bizarre extremist religious views. However, that was his choice.
your comment somehow makes me think of a bunch of NBA stars playing basketball with some pygmies ... good work :)
Idiocy. If some random weirdo started raping your girlfriend in front of you you'd be assaulting him immediately. Thanks for playing but as a troll you really suck. As well as a as a human being.
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Hmm, well if you'd had to clean maggots out of a foreskin onnce as I did, you wouldn't think such an outcome was as likely.
Huh? I don't believe in any of the gods, but if I did, hell, Capt'n Kirk killed God (Star Trek V: The Final Frontier) AND Apollo (Who Mourns for Adonais?).
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