I seen much worse than that posted online without it raising an eyebrow, much less people asking to be removed from the internet.
But the question here isn't what is appropriate and what isn't, but the tools and methods used to suppress it. The laws that are being abused for the purposes of censorship.
If the NRA doesn't like what the Yes Men are doing, they can take them to court for libel, not abuse trademark law with takedown notices.
It's not that most things are not worthy of copyright, it's that for most things people make there's no desire to have copyright protection, and yet everything does.
If the government wants to implement copyright, I see no reason why it shouldn't be free to register a copyright and have it paid for by taxes. The government is the public. But that's just one of many things that needs to change about copyright.
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but yes, they should already be in the public domain.
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But the question here isn't what is appropriate and what isn't, but the tools and methods used to suppress it. The laws that are being abused for the purposes of censorship.
If the NRA doesn't like what the Yes Men are doing, they can take them to court for libel, not abuse trademark law with takedown notices.
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On the post: This Song Belongs To You And Me: Lawsuit Filed To Declare Woodie Guthrie's Classic In The Public Domain
Re: Copyfraud everywhere
Of course, calling it a license is dubious.
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On the post: Pure Bullshit: AMC Threatens Huge Fan Community With Copyright Claim Over 'Spoiler' Predictions
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Life without commercials is amazing though. You don't realize how truly horrible they are until they're gone from your life.
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