Tag: copyrights

Chris Coons Fumbles in His First Week

Filed in National by on November 18, 2010 30 Comments

Our new Senator, Chris Coons, made his way onto a list today, and it isn’t the list of independent thinkers.  Today, in a Judiciary Committee meeting, the committee voted unanimously to approve the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA).  The act seems, at first blush, to be a good idea.  The goal is to […]

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Nope on Hope

Filed in National by on October 17, 2009 1 Comment

Shepard Fairey is a dumbass.  Fairey created the iconic image of Obama with one word, HOPE across the bottom. Turns out he lied about fair use and falsely sued the Associated Press. Fairey’s unfair use of “fair use” will probably set back the rights of emerging artists many years and just strengthen corporations’ stranglehold on […]

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