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Re: [OM] Help Stop Copyright Theft!

Subject: Re: [OM] Help Stop Copyright Theft!
From: "Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2002 16:07:57 -0500
So I can copy George Bush's and Al Gore's pictures off their website,
publish them on mine and imply they both endorse me?

Tom
>
> > I'm exploring my legal options, but I'd appreciate your help. Please
drop our
> > opponent, Brent Robinson, an e-mail asking him to respect intellectual
property
> > rights. I'd like to send him a strong message that political campaigns
don't
> > have the right to simply claim any copyrighted image they choose.
>
> Barry,
>
> I symapthize with your plight. But does this constitute commercial use? In
general, the right to free political speech trumps all.
>
> Morgan
>



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