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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard

“I loathe the little Stalinists at Google as much as anyone, but if there’s a legal issue with the ad, there’s a legal issue with the ad.”

When the ‘legal issue’ is that a political entity is invoking a trademark on its name so it can’t be criticized, that is a First Amendment violation of the highest order.

Where’s the ACLU when you need them? /sarc

We could use an equivalent organization that’d be a civil rights watchdog regardless of the political bent of the issue.


10 posted on 10/11/2007 9:40:27 AM PDT by PreciousLiberty
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To: PreciousLiberty
When the ‘legal issue’ is that a political entity is invoking a trademark on its name so it can’t be criticized, that is a First Amendment violation of the highest order.

I thought the use of the "Betray-Us" ad featuring their logo was the trademark violation. If it's just the use of the name at issue, then of course it's insane.

13 posted on 10/11/2007 9:50:31 AM PDT by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (We didn't "win" the Cold War. We had a half-time lead.)
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