Political Forum (DemocraticUnderground) Fights Back Against Righthaven Copyright Suit

Kansas City Infozine ^ | 9.28.10 | Staff infoZine

[rface]

since Free Republic got sued by these Righthaven creeps too......

yea - saw that too. Maybe we could get together with the DUmmies and fight them together : )

[melancholy]

particularly now during erection season

It's the mating season in DU.

Communists will be check-mated this season.

[a fool in paradise]

LVRJ and Righthaven are simply trying a hail mary pass to some new revenue streams.

As are BMI and ASCAP shaking down bars for having televisions on which MAY have a published song used on a tv program soundtrack or in a commericial.

[rface]

Now we're gonna get sued by Cialis. It depends. Was it for more than 4 hours? .....

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DON'T LAUGH! IT IS REAL EMBARRASSING TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM BECAUSE OF THAT ..... 4 Hours and 25 minutes is a LONG TIME!

[moehoward]

heh heh, he said erection heh heh...

[antiRepublicrat]

I find myself cheering for DU. Of course I have to since FR was also targeted by these copyright trolls.

[melancholy]

DON'T LAUGH! IT IS REAL EMBARRASSING TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM BECAUSE OF THAT ..... 4 Hours and 25 minutes is a LONG TIME!

Did it happen to somebody you know?

If Ayatollah Abu Bama goes to the hospital for such a condition, the doctor has to use a magnifying glass to verify 0h0m0's claim!

Communism isn't for lovers!

[JRios1968]

...erection season...

Step one...cut a hole in the box...NSFW

[raccoonradio]

Emily Litella (Gilda Radner) on Sat Night Live once did a commentary on “Presidential erections”

[chrisser]

They must be somewhat conflicted over at DU.

After all, aren’t bloodsucking lawyers part of the Democrat’s core constituency?

Maybe now they’ll see why the evil right wing has been trying to get tort reform passed all these years over leftist obstruction.

[antiRepublicrat]

As are BMI and ASCAP shaking down bars for having televisions on which MAY have a published song used on a tv program soundtrack or in a commericial.

Such has been the case for a long time. Bars that have televisions for patrons are making money by a public performance of the works of others. In the most egregious case, think of when they fill the bar to capacity by showing football games. BMI and ASCAP exist as copyright pooling sources, a license clears the bar owner for the public performance of these copyrighted works. The alternative would be to try to get permission from each copyright holder involved, which is an impossible proposition.

[a fool in paradise]

The actors and directors and owners of the tv show do NOT get ASCAP and BMI money. It is for the licensing of the music publishing ONLY.

[republicangel]

I remember that... one of the funniest characters on the show ever. Remember when she went on and on about making Puerto Rico a Steak?

[a fool in paradise]

20 years history being “long time” whereas television has been around 63 years.

[Tribune7]

To all you DUmmies and DUhimmies -- I am behind you 100 percent on this one.

Good luck!

[raccoonradio]

And conserving our national...racehorses!Don’t other kinds of horses need to be conserved too, like ponies or stallions? :)

[philman_36]

I thought that was in the spring.
Nope! Democrats are in a rut and that happens in the fall. {;^)

[Graybeard58]

cut/paste doesn’t work too WELL

Lots of folks say "cut/paste" when what they mean is, "copy/paste" too.

[cripplecreek]

Agreed. I don’t have to like them to know when they are in the right.

[antiRepublicrat]

You’re right, I was mixing up the music and TV. Still, the concept stands. If you are broadcasting copyrighted works in the furtherance of your business, then you need to pay the piper.