Glenn Beck Loses Dispute Over Parody Domain

Posted by timothy on Tuesday November 10, 2009 @03:17AM from the not-sure-if-strawman-is-quite-the-right-fallacy dept.

CuteSteveJobs writes "Glenn Beck fought the law and the law won. Parody website DidGlennBeckRapeAndMurderAYoungGirlIn1990.com attacked Beck using the same straw man arguments Beck himself is famous for: 'We're not accusing Glenn Beck of raping and murdering a young girl in 1990 — in fact, we think he didn't! But we can't help but wonder ... Why won't he deny that he raped and killed a young girl in 1990?' Beck didn't see the humour and tried to have the site shut down. He sued the creator on the grounds the site 'violated his name as a trademark.' But in a sudden outbreak of common sense, WIPO rejected Beck's complaint finding the site 'can be said to be making a political statement,' which is a 'legitimate non-commercial use' of Beck's name. But after winning, the owner voluntarily handed Beck the domain anyway. Still, it's comforting to know that satire — the only weapon politicians and talking heads fear — is still safely in the hands of the public where it belongs."

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Re:Exactly by Kral_Blbec · 2009-11-10 05:14 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Well, a big part of that is on if it is true or not. True accusations and knowingly false slander can't be compared.

As for the 1st Amendment, who is it that has been trying to muscle Fox out of the networks, claiming they "aren't really a news organization"? Your beloved leader doesn't seem too fond of any of the Constitution, much less the first.