Barney Surrenders To the EFF 125
davidwr writes, "Earlier this year, EFF sued the Barney the Dinosaur people for harassing a Barney parody web site. Well, Barney finally surrendered, err I mean, learned to share. For more, read the case history at the EFF site."
Finally, a success against copyright bullshit! (Score:4, Interesting)
Actually enforcing fair use is a good start.
Barney isn't stopped! (Score:5, Interesting)
--Rob
Re:Barney isn't stopped! (Score:2, Interesting)
OMG (Score:4, Interesting)
in my life, this made me laugh out loud..
i dont know why...
but thanks
No parallel with most RIAA cases (Score:2, Interesting)
"Piracy" copyright infringement means that you are unlawfully stepping over somebody's exclusive "right to copy", that is, to produce duplicates of a work. When the RIAA sues (whether with merit or not) they claim that you are illegally making a copy of something for which you don't have the right to reproduce. If I download a song from a P2P network for which I didn't pay the legal copyright holder for the rights to do so, then I'm breaking the law because I created a copy without authorization.
If I make a copy of a CD that I purchased through legal channels (including second-hand purchases) and then make a copy of that its fair use.
Parody is somewhat different because I'd be producing a copy or an altered copy of something in order to make a statement. In this case, what matters is not the copy itself but the intent. In the case of the music it's the other way around because one wants to have an exact replica of the "original".
Please, if you reply to this, take into account that I'm not saying whether I'm for or against the status quo, merely trying to depict it.
Re:Barney isn't stopped! (Score:3, Interesting)
From the EFF's response [eff.org] to the Barney lawyers:
IANAL, but if the law firm sending me a C&D was from New York, I would find the above very interesting.
Re:EFF was Bound to Win (Score:2, Interesting)
http://thesuperficial.com/2006/11/britney_spears_
but then they come right back round(Not at all safe for work, in any way):
(again NSFW!)
http://thesuperficial.com/2006/11/britney_spears_
Not that she looks all that fantastic in the first set; the second set is just hilarious though.
Five years ago, I got C&D'd by Barney... (Score:5, Interesting)
At the time, the web site (for stupid, complicated reasons) was registered in my father's name. So, imagine my old man's surprise when one day HE gets a letter from Barney's lawyer threatening (purple) fire and brimstone. Without much of a good alternative, we caved. I was really, really mad, and I suppose that I still am. To this day, it's the only legal 'trouble' that any of my web sites have stirred up, which is actually somewhat surprising.
Now that someone has finally stood up to the purple bully, can I finally dig into my old backups and put up the page of Barney jokes again? Whether or not Barney jokes are still relevant at the end of 2006, I suppose that I should, merely on principle.