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Satirist Dan McCall battles Hillary Clinton PAC over "Ready for Oligarchy" design [IMAGES]
city pages ^ | 6-13-14 | Aaron Rupar

Posted on 06/13/2014 11:33:18 AM PDT by TurboZamboni

Earlier this year, Sauk Rapids satirist Dan McCall won a legal victory over the federal government after National Security Agency reps tried to get online retailers to stop selling shirts emblazoned with the the agency's seal and slogans like this: "The NSA: The only part of government that actually listens."

The NSA essentially claimed their logo is copyrighted and couldn't be used without permission, an argument that didn't pass muster in light of the First Amendment's protection of satire. Now, a pro-Hillary Clinton group is making a version of that same argument to once again get McCall's products pulled from stores. (McCall also sells his shirts on his own site, LibertyManiacs.com.)

(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.citypages.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Humor
KEYWORDS: danmccall; freespeech; hillary; hillaryclintonpac; nsa; oligarchy; readyforoligarchy; saukrapids
LibertyManiacs.com is worth checking out.
1 posted on 06/13/2014 11:33:19 AM PDT by TurboZamboni
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To: TurboZamboni

HA!
The Hillary PAC doesn’t even pretend their material is copyright protected.

I’m buying now, while I still can.


2 posted on 06/13/2014 12:04:14 PM PDT by G Larry (Which of Obama's policies do you think I'd support if he were white?)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Thanks TurboZamboni.

Clinton super-PAC backs down from ‘Ready for Oligarchy’ fight
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/209352-hillary-super-pac-backs-down-from-ready-for-oligarchy


3 posted on 06/14/2014 6:16:51 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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