I can do better than that. The economic impact here could potentially be on the side of both the photographer as well as any other photographers willing to do wedding/engagement photos for homosexuals. PAUS has now proven that they're willing to appropriate people's photos of love into their hate campaigns. Homosexuals may, as a result, be less willing to have this kind of photographic work done, thus harming photographers economically through the use.
This, of course, is one massive stretch from the intention of the economic harm standard, which is to prevent loss of sale through the selling of the appropriated work by the infringing party, but at least it's a somewhat coherent argument....
"But, cases that create emotional responses quite frequently lead to bad precedents that can later be used in other cases. And establishing the ability to use the economic right of copyright as a catch all moral right potentially stretches the law too far."
That's the important part. It's very easy to allow emotional reactions to dominate, and those emotional reactions are almost always, to some degree, wrong due to the coloration of emotion. The appropriate avenue for attack here is NOT copyright, though, like you, I'm less appalled by it or the likeness rights plea.
But again, the appropriate attack vector is to highlight the bigotry and pure idiocy of PAUS. I would simply request, in a public forum, "why did you feel it was okay to use this picture of two private people this way?"
I suspect, unfortunately, that the true answer lies somewhere in the realm of "because we don't consider them people". And FUCK PAUS for that. But in an age of relative enlightenment when it comes to gay rights, better to simply highlight the stupid and make them toxic than soil the morality of man by getting our stupid legal system involved in it....
Wait til that guy shows up to tell you all about how the replacement refs got that call correct. The entire league bit their own lockout because of the fuck up, but Ron says it was totally tits.
I mean, I like Ron, but some people just don't know football...
HEY! OVER HERE!!! I'm STILL waiting for that link to the most horrific offense you've ever suffered at the hands of Mike! Are you going to post it, or should we all assume you're just making shit up?!?!?!
Do you not understand that analogies and egotism are not mutually exclusive? Do you not understand that, of all the possible analogies you could have made, your choosing your own personal affront is what I'm referring to? Do you not understand this steady defense of such egotistical behavior is in itself egotistical? Do you not understand that starting dismissive sentences with "do you not understand" is haughty in a way that one might say is egotistical?
"That's not thrusting myself into the comments."
That's true. And by true, I mean completely false on a scale that is laughable.
"I know you can't stand it when anyone challenges him."
Oh, yeah. I'm really concerned. Whenever someone "challenges" Mike my nipples shrivel into innies and my sphincter quivers in anger.
Why don't you just post the link to the Techdirt comments that created this supposed affront to demonstrate your point. I, for one, would love to see it....
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Yes, THIS!
That's the important part. It's very easy to allow emotional reactions to dominate, and those emotional reactions are almost always, to some degree, wrong due to the coloration of emotion. The appropriate avenue for attack here is NOT copyright, though, like you, I'm less appalled by it or the likeness rights plea.
But again, the appropriate attack vector is to highlight the bigotry and pure idiocy of PAUS. I would simply request, in a public forum, "why did you feel it was okay to use this picture of two private people this way?"
I suspect, unfortunately, that the true answer lies somewhere in the realm of "because we don't consider them people". And FUCK PAUS for that. But in an age of relative enlightenment when it comes to gay rights, better to simply highlight the stupid and make them toxic than soil the morality of man by getting our stupid legal system involved in it....
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I mean, I like Ron, but some people just don't know football...
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Do you not understand that analogies and egotism are not mutually exclusive? Do you not understand that, of all the possible analogies you could have made, your choosing your own personal affront is what I'm referring to? Do you not understand this steady defense of such egotistical behavior is in itself egotistical? Do you not understand that starting dismissive sentences with "do you not understand" is haughty in a way that one might say is egotistical?
"That's not thrusting myself into the comments."
That's true. And by true, I mean completely false on a scale that is laughable.
"I know you can't stand it when anyone challenges him."
Oh, yeah. I'm really concerned. Whenever someone "challenges" Mike my nipples shrivel into innies and my sphincter quivers in anger.
Why don't you just post the link to the Techdirt comments that created this supposed affront to demonstrate your point. I, for one, would love to see it....
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How is it NOT egotistical to interject yourself and personal issues w/Mike and/or Techdirt in the comments of an article that has ZERO to do with you?
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Wow, dude. If that ego of yours gets any bigger, it's going to need it's own seat the next time you're in a plane....
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A pitcher for the White Sox. We blame that fucker for EVERYTHING....
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Because most of us are American. We do geography the way we do healthy eating; which is to say, not at all....
In any case: sorry Europe. Hopefully this afront doesn't lead to embassy riots....
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Of course not. I've copy-f&@#ed the shit out of it.
Oh, fine, go ahead....
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