This whole free speech thing is highly overrated.
We have it hidden in common law rather than enshrined in a constitution.
Foxy
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>
>> 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.
Free speech doesn't give you the right to ignore copyrights.
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