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LibsForHezbollah.com and HezboLiberal.com are GONE (You can't say THAT in Canada)
http://www.hezboliberal.com/ ^
Posted on 08/29/2006 5:17:00 PM PDT by Grig
August 28, 2006
First, the Liberal Party killed Youth for Volpe.
Last week, 'Liberals for Hezbollah' mysteriously went offline.
Now, this site's ISP has received a letter from the Liberal Party of Canada, full of imaginary legal violations (Slander? Has a HezboLiberal Broadway-style musical opened somewhere?) and veiled threats.
My ISP has been great and has given every indication that they would stick by me through this. But, I have decided to take down the website to save them further hassles.
If the Liberal Party ever wants to repair its reputation, it has to learn that it can't censor, threaten or demand that Canadians 'shut up.' There are too many of us, and it is too easy for us to communicate these days for that sort of tactic to work anymore, in a free society.
If the Liberal Party doesn't like what it sees on blogs and on the Internet, it has to stop doing stuff so outrageous and offensive that someone would spend an entire day building a website just to mock it.
Until that happens, you are going to have to learn to live with it.
Sincerely, HezboLiberal.com
------- Liberal Party Lawyer's Letter Follows -------
To whom it may concern,
Please be advised that the use of the Liberal Party of Canada's logo and the link to the Liberal Party's website, through the website http://www.hezboliberal.com/ hosted by your company, is a breach of Canadian Copyright and Trademarks laws. The references on that website are also slanderous and libelous.
Please ask your client to remove any reference to the Liberal Party of Canada using any sign, logo or other identification owned by the Liberal Party of Canada.
I trust you will govern yourself accordingly.
Guy Régimbald
Guy Régimbald Director of Legal Affairs and Legal Counsel Directeur des affaires juridiques et avocat-conseil Liberal Party of Canada/Parti Libéral du Canada Tel: 613-783-8405 Cell: 613-294-3372 Fax: 613-235-7208 Email/Courriel: gregimbald@liberal.ca www.liberal.ca
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American law is clear about excepting parody from copyright prosecution, Canadian law only hints at it and leaves things vauge enough that they can bully things away they don't like. I hope someone with deep pockets forces it to court some day so we can get some clarity on the law.
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posted on
08/29/2006 5:17:02 PM PDT
by
Grig
To: fanfan
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posted on
08/29/2006 5:17:29 PM PDT
by
Grig
To: Grig
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posted on
08/29/2006 5:19:46 PM PDT
by
saganite
(Billions and billions and billions-------and that's just the NASA budget!)
To: Grig
Well now, don't worry about sounding like the liberal party as much as sounding like the lezbo party.
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posted on
08/29/2006 5:21:25 PM PDT
by
harrowup
(I had a NASsCAR once; bettern' then the one now, but not the bestest.)
To: All
HezboLiberal is being mirrored in a few places, for example,
here .
Have a look, it's quite amusing.
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posted on
08/29/2006 5:21:42 PM PDT
by
Allan
(*-O)):~{>)
To: saganite
This is breaking news? It is to me. With your permission of course.
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posted on
08/29/2006 5:22:24 PM PDT
by
OSHA
(Lose money FAST playing penny stocks. Ask me how!)
To: OSHA
It's not me who decides. If you'll notice the admin mod took your post out of the breaking news sidebar about 10 seconds after my post.
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posted on
08/29/2006 5:27:05 PM PDT
by
saganite
(Billions and billions and billions-------and that's just the NASA budget!)
To: Grig
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posted on
08/29/2006 5:29:59 PM PDT
by
Allan
(*-O)):~{>)
To: saganite
If you'll notice the admin mod took your post out of the breaking news sidebar about 10 seconds after my post.If you'll notice, it's not my post.
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posted on
08/29/2006 5:35:39 PM PDT
by
OSHA
(Lose money FAST playing penny stocks. Ask me how!)
To: All
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posted on
08/29/2006 5:36:37 PM PDT
by
Allan
(*-O)):~{>)
To: saganite
If you'll notice the admin mod took your post out of the breaking news sidebar about 10 seconds after my post.And it's nice the mods know who's boss too!
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posted on
08/29/2006 5:37:49 PM PDT
by
OSHA
(Lose money FAST playing penny stocks. Ask me how!)
To: Grig
Libs for Hezbollah? Sounds like DU.
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posted on
08/29/2006 5:38:30 PM PDT
by
darkangel82
(Higher visibility leads to greater zottability.)
To: Grig
Too bad this couldn't stay online. The Canadian government is pretty liberal though, so not surprised.
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posted on
08/29/2006 5:38:37 PM PDT
by
ladyinred
(Leftists, the enemy within.)
To: OSHA
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posted on
08/29/2006 5:39:35 PM PDT
by
saganite
(Billions and billions and billions-------and that's just the NASA budget!)
To: ladyinred
Too bad this couldn't stay online. It's still on line. See post #5.
See also .
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posted on
08/29/2006 5:47:38 PM PDT
by
Allan
(*-O)):~{>)
To: Grig
Sort of reminds me of the time that Apple Computer had a product in development that was called "Sagan." It was never going to be released with that name... Sort of like how Microsoft had a development name of "Longhorn" for "Vista." The name was for in-house use only.
Anyway, somehow Carl Sagan heard about it, and he threatened a law suit over it... So Apple renamed the product to "Butt Headed Astronomer." And Sagan sued for lible, though I think he lost.
Mark
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posted on
08/29/2006 6:00:42 PM PDT
by
MarkL
(When Kaylee says "No power in the `verse can stop me," it's cute. When River says it, it's scary!)
To: Allan
Hurrah for the Western Standard!
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posted on
08/29/2006 6:05:25 PM PDT
by
Grig
To: ladyinred; Grig; GMMAC
The Canadian government is pretty liberal though, so not surprised. We elected a new Conservative government in January.
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Grig, I'm sorry, I can't access the ping list right now.......GMMAC, can you ping this please?
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posted on
08/29/2006 7:46:35 PM PDT
by
fanfan
To: fanfan; Pikamax; Former Proud Canadian; Great Dane; Alberta's Child; headsonpikes; Ryle; ...
Also see The Western Standard’s ‘Shotgun Blog’ for more proper blogosphere reaction to the Librano$ typical whining & hypocritical lawyer-mongering.
PING!
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posted on
08/30/2006 7:01:25 AM PDT
by
GMMAC
(Discover Canada governed by Conservatives: www.CanadianAlly.com)
To: Allan
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posted on
08/30/2006 7:05:16 AM PDT
by
6ppc
(Call Photo Reuters, that's the name, and away goes truth right down the drain. Photo Reuters!)
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