Sharron Angle Insists She's Going To Sue Harry Reid For His Reposting Of Angle's Own Website
from the political-calculations dept
Earlier this week, we wrote about the bizarre decision by Nevada Senatorial candidate Sharron Angle to send a cease-and-desist to Sen. Harry Reid (who she's challenging in the election) over Reid's decision to put her old website back online. Reid was doing so to point to statements Angle made on her old website that were toned down on her new website. The idea, of course, is to suggest that she's hiding her real positions. Whether or not that's true, Angle accused Reid of both copyright infringement and trying to trick users into giving the Reid campaign their information.The Reid campaign originally complied with the cease-and-desist and (of course) went public with it, generating much more attention to the original issue. With so much publicity, Reid's campaign has put the website back up. Assuming that the reposted website is the same as what was up before, it's clearly done by the Reid campaign -- so the claims of possible confusion or tricking users is ridiculous.
However, Angle is now saying that since Reid has put the website back up, she's definitely going to sue:
"Well your website is like you, it's your intellectual property," Angle said. "So they can't use something that's yours, intellectual property, unless they pay you for it or get your permission... And he didn't ask me for it, and he didn't pay me for it. I would have sold it to him."Now, at a first pass, Angle (while a bit confused on the terminology) is probably correct that Reid is technically "infringing" by posting the website, but the Reid campaign would (I'm sure) hit back with a nice fair use defense that would have a pretty high likelihood of succeeding. That said, the whole idea of actually going to court over this is preposterous. This is clearly not what copyright law is about and the whole point by the Reid campaign is to draw more attention to Angle's old website. If she were politically savvy, she would just drop it, rather than drawing more attention to it herself. Going to court makes her old website the story, even as she's trying to hide it.
Angle was asked: "So the latest is that it is up again, and you are just going to have to see as far as pursing this in court? Is that the plan?"
"Well we are going to pursue it," Angle replied. "I don't think that Harry is above the law. He needs to obey the law if you and I need to obey the law. Harry isn't immune. He needs to obey the law as well."
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Don't help her out. If she's childish enough to sue for copyright infringement then she has no business being a politician. The last thing we need is more children running our nation.
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There is a non-zero chance that he may get the idea that he has the power to fix the broken IP laws.
Or better yet, Reid loses the lawsuit and/or the tight election-- and his party gets the idea that they have the power to...
Yes, I'm dreaming.
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Preposterous.
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Once they get inside they take their cues from the rest of the scum in that pond and keep doing the same things they been doing for a long time now and that is screw the public.
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Funny how politicians can flip on a dime like that. I don't trust any of them.
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I'm Not Kidding Or Being Vindictive
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Hiding her real position?
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Let's get this lawsuit on file, quickly dispatch efforts by Reid to make it go away, and then sit Reid down for a deposition (recorded on video, of course).
This would be a "debate" controlled completely by one of the "debaters", and with virtually no groundrules given that almost everything is fair game for questioning under the federal rules governing discovery in civil lawsuits.
Frankly, were I Reid I would be none too happy that someone in my camp placed me in this type of situation several months before the general election in November. My God, I might actually be forced to give truthful answers to questions, a definite no-no for anyone in political office.
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Party of Stagnation
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-Lesson taught circa ~1996.
Maybe she could appear more out of touch? It would be pretty difficult.
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Public service implies loss of rights
Oh, wait, never mind -- that was when We the People started to tolerate them making rules that applied only to themselves.
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Lies and the Liars who tell them...
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Elections and Copyright Infringement
So the First Amendment and the actual text of the Copyright Act expressly authorize Reid's publication of Angle's website.
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Rather than understand the situation, they look at it with their bias glasses on and seem like morons trying to justify it
Angle is going to get killed in court
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Same old games - Stand, Think and Vote!
Politics as usual it seems. Both parties have betrayed our country and our financial securities. Currently you have congress representatives of each party talking about our failing country. They, the Republicrats, are truthfully responsible and yet, mysteriously, we are calling this good and acceptable? Stand up, think and place your vote with a true voice of the people by selecting Jesse Holland for United States Senate representing Nevada and the citizens. The media has chosen your candidates for the elections, but we, the people, have suddenly accepted their choices? We talk about taking back our rights and country, but we fail to do much about it? Do the right thing and elect Jesse Holland who is easily found online! Even the polls are purchasable. If you leave out the voice of the people, you end up with a bought poll. Maybe your parents were right by saying don’t believe everything you read.
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Same old games - Stand, Think and Vote!
Politics as usual it seems. Both parties have betrayed our country and our financial securities. Currently you have congress representatives of each party talking about our failing country. They, the Republicrats, are truthfully responsible and yet, mysteriously, we are calling this good and acceptable? Stand up, think and place your vote with a true voice of the people by selecting Jesse Holland for United States Senate representing Nevada and the citizens. The media has chosen your candidates for the elections, but we, the people, have suddenly accepted their choices? We talk about taking back our rights and country, but we fail to do much about it? Do the right thing and elect Jesse Holland who is easily found online! Even the polls are purchasable. If you leave out the voice of the people, you end up with a bought poll. Maybe your parents were right by saying don’t believe everything you read.
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