"It is totally outrageous that a former US Attorney knows so little about the law that he thinks he can rip off people. On the other hand -- another of Bush's legal appointees was Alberto Gonzales and he didn't seem to know much about the law either...," Jones said.





/Alberto haz a sad.

Wow. I think I've seen that one before.

/fine
//thank you fine

I have the strangest feeling I saw that clip before.

one of their best and most under-rated sketches - as I just said.

I have the strangest feeling I saw that clip before.

Even by NJ standards, that can't have been real.

/Lemon curry?

That's "humour, subby.

/FTFY
//pet peeve

Repeat, or is it?

Wow... what a farking idiot.

"Yeah, no one will recognize this old clip... let's use it."

...and I watched that episode last night, along with the ones from the cafe in Luton, the one that had the silly party, the one where Eric wants Rachel Welch, the Spanish inquisition episode and the insurance which did not pay out but came with a naked lady....

2 Cd's with 4 episodes each....

What is "that's just wrong" for $1,000.00?

Everyone knows if everyone has seen a clip enough times it enters public domain.

/and I've seen that clip before
//I'm pretty sure.

deja vu

I hope they take him down like gay boys in bondage...

By William Shakespeare.

What is it with the Republican party and copyright issues? How hard can it be to follow the laws your party wants enforced criminally rather than civilly?

"I'm surprised that a former U.S. Attorney isn't aware of his copyright infringement when he uses our material without permission. He's clearly made a terrible mistake. It was the endorsement of Sarah Palin he was after -- not that of Michael Palin."

"It is totally outrageous that a former US Attorney knows so little about the law that he thinks he can rip off people. On the other hand -- another of Bush's legal appointees was Alberto Gonzales and he didn't seem to know much about the law either...," Jones said.


I love when politicians get caught violating copyright laws, the artists in question almost always refuse to grant rights to use the material and always twist the knife a little deeper with comments like the ones above.

The likelihood of an entity "borrowing" or claiming ownership of copyrighted or other intellectual property is directly proportional to the entity's sense of entitlement due to an over-exaggerated sense of worth and power.

This applies to corporations as well as individuals.

I am half tempted to scour the internets looking for Monty Python references in Democrat speeches. Then send them to the republican. I'm willing to bet that if this was a Democrat, Monty Python wouldn't lift a finger.

FTFA: "The Christie campaign should now be expecting the Spanish Inquisition..."

Does the author of TFA mean to imply that they didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition when "borrowing" material from one of the most universally recognized comedy troupes of the world?

ptelg: I am half tempted to scour the internets looking for Monty Python references in Democrat speeches. Then send them to the republican. I'm willing to bet that if this was a Democrat, Monty Python wouldn't lift a finger.

er, quoting is one thing. Lifting video of a sketch wholesale for an ad is quite another, don't you think?

/no, I bet you don't

ptelg: I am half tempted to scour the internets looking for Monty Python references in Democrat speeches. Then send them to the republican. I'm willing to bet that if this was a Democrat, Monty Python wouldn't lift a finger.

References, to be honest, has legal presedence of not being something you get very far trying to sue over. Use of images and/or soundbites without permission, however, is another manner.

ptelg: I am half tempted to scour the internets looking for Monty Python references in Democrat speeches. Then send them to the republican. I'm willing to bet that if this was a Democrat, Monty Python wouldn't lift a finger.

References in your own words using your own image can be fair use. Taking another person's image and voice from a copyrighted video isn't.

Cozret: What is it with the Republican party and copyright issues? How hard can it be to follow the laws your party wants enforced criminally rather than civilly?

Dude, laws are not made to be applied to politicians. They are for the those assholes downloading songs on The Lemonwires and BatToRents. Those are the ones that are killing the industry, not politicians that use songs and videos in state and nations wide ads without permission.

The best part is that they usually pick songs that say the opposite of their message.

Cornwell: FTFA: "The Christie campaign should now be expecting the Spanish Inquisition..."

Does the author of TFA mean to imply that they didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition when "borrowing" material from one of the most universally recognized comedy troupes of the world?

Of course they didn't expect it. NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition!

wingnut396: Cozret: What is it with the Republican party and copyright issues? How hard can it be to follow the laws your party wants enforced criminally rather than civilly?

Dude, laws are not made to be applied to politicians. They are for the those assholes downloading songs on The Lemonwires and BatToRents. Those are the ones that are killing the industry, not politicians that use songs and videos in state and nations wide ads without permission.

True dat!

We all know that a single shared mp3 of a Bon Jovi song will cost the poor record company and artist gazillions of dollars, whereas association between the artist and a political party will only increase their value as a human being, and really, it should be regarded as free PR. There could absolutely not be any sort of negative backlash for being associated with one end of the political spectrum!