Copyright As Weapon In US Senate Campaign

kfogel writes "Sharron Angle, the Republican candidate for US Senate in Nevada, is using a copyright 'cease-and-desist' letter to stop her opponent, incumbent Harry Reid (currently majority leader in the US Senate), from reposting old versions of her campaign website. The old pages are politically sensitive because Angle campaigned from the far right in the primary, but is now toning that down for the general election." As kfogel notes, the letter "also accuses the Reid campaign of intending to impersonate Angle's campaign, which seems doubtful, but who knows?"

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Fair Use?

[Anonymous Coward]

Uh, one thing comes to mind for me.
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL FAIR USE?

Hang on...

[click2005]

As kfogel notes, the letter "also accuses the Reid campaign of intending to impersonate Angle's campaign, which seems doubtful, but who knows?"

Isn't parody protected?

Re:Don't think it will matter

[Pojut]

So, according to you, Democrats are saying:

"They're slipping away! Grip tighter!"

While Republicans are saying"

"This country deserves a better class of crazy, and I'm gonna give it to 'em."

Re:It's about time this DMCA carp hits politically

[salesgeek]

It's about time this DMCA carp hits politically sensitive people

I suspect hitting politically sensitive people with a carp may get you arrested, and possibly motivate a rewrite of the laws pertaining to assault with a large freshwater fish.

Re:Did anyone else misread this the 1st time aroun

[Pojut]

Here's to hoping they don't implant an illegal chip into her that provides her with sentience! Politician + sentience + galaxy diva complex = fucked

Re:Wha?

[Mordok-DestroyerOfWo]

As much as I despise Hannity, I'd prefer to see Beck go through twice.

Re:Wha?

[$RANDOMLUSER]

Have we really resorted to just picking the lesser douche?

Voting is always a case of choosing between the lesser of two weasels.

Re:Wha?

[lgw]

I get what you're saying, but I'm not sure there is a public interest in accurate representation of campaign promises. They are all lies to begin with, and largely irrelevent to the popularity contest.

Even if you mirror the whole site, the offended candidate will still claim the quotes were taken out of context, or that the "mirror" is a fraud, and people will believe whomever they already support ... I guess I'm not seeing it.