[onionwriter]

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As crazy as it sounds, one result of the utterly putrid Millenium Electronic Property Act is that if a person mentions a web site on broadcast TV, they are legally required to own the URL. That's how  this site got started, because Conan O'Brien told a joke.

So you mean, if I'm a man on the street, and a news reporter interviews me, and I inadvertently mention a URL, I have to purchase it if I didn't own it already? I've never even heard of the Act! This is crazy...or a fantastic opportunity.

This is absolutely not true of print -- I've quoted probably 100 websites in the last year for daily newspapers. In fact, they want the links. I don't know where this comes from.

He never said it was true of print.

I took a year of journalism law -- this is impossible. There's such a thing as "Fair Use" -- you can quote anything you want, if it's not too much. I've worked for NPR.

[TheZookie007]

Here we go...

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AngryIndian: "Racist Fliers Litter New Jersey Town...When will White America come clean to its Racism?"  

Residents in one New Jersey town are disturbed after receiving fliers over the weekend that question Barack Obama's candidacy on racial grounds.

Roxbury resident Elizabeth Corsetto says a flier was left in her driveway asking, "Do You Want A Black President?" and showing a doctored photo of Obama with a long beard and turban.

In a glimpse of what may be to come in the final weeks before Election Day, a white supremacist group peppered a New Jersey neighborhood with an anti-Barack Obama political leaflet asking, "Do You Want A Black President?" The leaflet, a copy of which you'll find below, was distributed by the New Jersey-based League of American Patriots, which notes on its web site that membership is "restricted to adult heterosexual men and women who are entirely of European Christian ancestry." The leaflet, which some Roxbury, N.J. residents found Saturday in their driveways, claims that "Black Ruled Nations most unstable and violent in the world," and asks, "Why should we seal our fate by allowing a Black ruler to destroy us?" The one-page flyer, which misspells the Democratic presidential candidate's first name, includes a doctored photo purporting to show Obama wearing a turban.

[Hugeboobfan]

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As crazy as it sounds, one result of the utterly putrid Millenium Electronic Property Act is that if a person mentions a web site on broadcast TV, they are legally required to own the URL. That's how  this site got started, because Conan O'Brien told a joke.

So you mean, if I'm a man on the street, and a news reporter interviews me, and I inadvertently mention a URL, I have to purchase it if I didn't own it already? I've never even heard of the Act! This is crazy...or a fantastic opportunity.

This is absolutely not true of print -- I've quoted probably 100 websites in the last year for daily newspapers. In fact, they want the links. I don't know where this comes from.

He never said it was true of print.

I took a year of journalism law -- this is impossible. There's such a thing as "Fair Use" -- you can quote anything you want, if it's not too much. I've worked for NPR.

Lol, no need to whip out your resume.  I was simply pointing out that Pedonbio wasn't talking about print but about broadcast television.  Besides, fair use exemptions are irrelevant if there is no copyright holder in the first place.  I've never heard of the "have to own" provision either, but I think what Pedonbio was originally saying was that Conan mentioned a website which didn't exist, and thereafter created it.

[MasterDragonfly]

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Lol, no need to whip out your resume.  I was simply pointing out that Pedonbio wasn't talking about print but about broadcast television.  Besides, fair use exemptions are irrelevant if there is no copyright holder in the first place.  I've never heard of the "have to own" provision either, but I think what Pedonbio was originally saying was that Conan mentioned a website which didn't exist, and thereafter created it.

This is what I thought Pedonbio was talking about as well.  Hence my reference to the RFC which talks about domains such as example.com as essentially being unobtainable/unpurchasable/unresolvable (at least unresolvable on the Internet at large), and how I'd be quite curious to see any laws force someone to purchase/create a non-existent domain which falled under the purview of that RFC.

[gOOber]

 

[TheZookie007]

...and Changios are kosher, so that should please our friends and allies in Israel

So: two debates, and two clear wins for Obama. Good enough for me.

[3deroticer]

Anyone notice that McCain refuse to shake Obama's hands at the end of debate?

[Bonkers]

You hear what Obama said in the beginning of the debate, tonight "the government gave the bailout money out and AIG, gave themselves 400,000 junta{I think you said Junta}" and also said "they should pay it back to the government and fire everyone"

The Arrogance of Wall Street goes on, like nothing ever happen and their innocent bystanders. I say put all those greedy bastard’s in Jail, for good measure.




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[TheZookie007]

He actually said that they went on a "junket". Not only should they be thrown in jail, they should have their assets seized and rendered back to the American people, via tax refunds or whatever. The sheer cheek of them makes my blood boil.

[Bonkers]

Thanks Zookie, yeah it was "Junket". I was half a **82**, when he said it. To me he won that debate, hands down



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[Real]

i like when mccain called obama "that one".  the writing is on the wall.  he couldnt even best obama in one of his town halls...

[3deroticer]

He also said to "fire the executives."

[gOOber]

Obama appeared more presidential and knowledgeable of the facts. He called out McCain but in a respectful manner. McCain appeared angry most of the time. Could we just put a fork in the girl and the geezer and say they are done?

[MasterDragonfly]

Heh, "the girl and the geezer" (or "the geezer and the girl", if you prefer) sounds like a cool name for a retrospective of this election.  

onionwriter, how about a quick bit of tongue-in-cheek?  

Master "nothing as lengthy as The Old Man and the Sea" Dragonfly

[Bonecracker]

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Obama appeared more presidential and knowledgeable of the facts. He called out McCain but in a respectful manner. McCain appeared angry most of the time. Could we just put a fork in the girl and the geezer and say they are done?

Dear Goob et al,

Regardless of the outcome, it's going to be a quantum leap forward!  A gigantic mind-blowing improvement.  Both gents and their running mates are credible candidates and people of action.

Best regards,

Bone...