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Glenn Beck vs. Internet, internet wins

#1   Mallick 

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    Posted 22 November 2009 - 06:55 AM

    "Glenn Beck fought the law and the law won Parody website DidGlennBeckRapeAndMurderAYoungGirlIn1990.com attacked Beck using the same straw man arguments Beck himself is famous for: 'We're not accusing Glenn Beck of raping and murdering a young girl in 1990 — in fact, we think he didn't! But we can't help but wonder ... Why won't he deny that he raped and killed a young girl in 1990?' Beck didn't see the humour and tried to have the site shut down. He sued the creator on the grounds the site 'violated his name as a trademark.' But in a sudden outbreak of common sense, WIPO rejected Beck's complaint; finding the site 'can be said to be making a political statement,' which is a 'legitimate non-commercial use' of Beck's name. But after winning, the owner voluntarily handed back the domain anyway. Still, it's comforting to know that satire — the only weapon politicians and talking heads fear — is still safely in the hands of the public where it belongs."

    http://gawker.com/54...-internet-loses
    http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/20...with-domain.ars

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      Posted 22 November 2009 - 06:29 PM

      Old news.

      And the reporter that did the article for Ars Technica is biased. Which is kinda surprising, really, because Ars Technica has (for as long as I've been reading it) been quite unbiased in it's reporting. Even in political matters.

      That's not to say he didn't tell the truth about the site, but he obviously took a side on the subject, and that side was obviously against Glenn Beck.

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        Posted 22 November 2009 - 06:56 PM

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          Posted 22 November 2009 - 06:56 PM

          He didn't really say anything to put Glenn Beck in a negative light, GB did it to himself.

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            Posted 22 November 2009 - 11:32 PM

            Have you read any of his other articles?


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