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Headzup: Blagojevich And His List Of Corruption

2009-01-08T20:57:08Z

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Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich talks about his corruption scandal and how according to a new study, the most corrupt state is North Dakota.

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http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-12-10-corruptstates_N.htm

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Ann Coulter - Obama Wants To Be Known As Hussein

2008-12-21T16:59:39Z

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Michelle Malkin Making Up Facts About Democrats

2008-12-19T20:58:27Z

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The Lionel Show - Not So Fast on Blagojevich

2009-01-08T20:57:23Z

The Lionel Show on Air America - Video Highlight of the Day 12.10.08

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Was Jay Leno Indicted Today?

2009-01-08T20:44:02Z

The Governor of Illinois was indicted, but for a time it looked like Jay Leno was.
http://www.britethorn.com

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TPMtv: The Untouchable

2009-01-05T14:45:11Z

Your Daily Politics Video Blog: In a tour de force midday press conference in Chicago, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald (yes, that Patrick Fitzgerald), who has been pursuing public corruption cases in Illinois for more than seven years, laid out the stunning new charges against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his chief of staff. Everything, it seems, had a price, including Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat. "If [Illinois] isn't the most corrupt state in the United States, it's certainly one hell of a competitor," the lead FBI agent on the case declared.

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Headzup: Blagojevich Reacts To Arrest

2009-01-08T20:57:08Z

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Illinois Governor Rob Blagojevich comments about his arrest for attempting to sell Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat.

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http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/09/fitz-presser/

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Atheist Asshole Patrick Greene Threatened a Libel Suit

2009-01-08T20:36:50Z

Atheist Patrick Greene threatened to sue Ray Comfort for libel because Comfort's ministry distributed bumper stickers calling atheists fools. Patrick withdrew the threat of a lawsuit after 40 atheists told him not to go through with it. Even though he has withdrawn the threat, his idiotic histrionics has provided a weapon to those who want to bash atheists. Greene's behavior has been thoroughly condemned by the atheist community, but I wouldn't be surprised if some religious zealots try to portray this as typical atheist behavior.

Atheist threatens to sue Ray Comfort over bumper sticker (1/3)—video from The Atheist Experience TV show run out of Austin, Texas.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucHIPag-m40

http://atheistexperience.blogspot.com/2008/07/patrick-greene-checks-in.html

Ray Comfort's Blog discussion of the threatened lawsuit:

http://raycomfortfood.blogspot.com/2008/07/atheist-law-suit.html

Patrick Greene's filed a complaint with the FCC, apparently because the hosts of the Atheist Experience show had the audacity to point out that he was an asshole:

http://atheistexperience.blogspot.com/2008/07/breaking-yomin-barrier.html

Patrick Greene's non-apology apology:

http://atheistexperience.blogspot.com/2008/07/fools-last-hurrah.html

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From Law of Defamation Second Edition by Rodney A Smolla—

A complaint for libel mus allege

(1) a statement of fact;
(2) that is false;
(3) and defamatory;
(4) of and concerning the plaintiff;
(5) that is published to a third party;
(6) not absolutely or conditionally privileged

"As a general proposition no action lies for the publication of a general defamatory statement about a large group or class of persons, on the principle that such a general condemnation could not reasonably be construed as of and concerning each individual member of the group, and the disparagement is too diffuse to rcreate a realistic likelihood of reputational injury to any individual member."

"Civil liability is not permitted for defamation aimed at racial, ethnic, or religious groups. Although slurs directed against Blacks, Hispanics, Jews, Catholics or any other group are repugnant and hateful, they are regarded as beyond the pale of the civil law of defamation. Thus, a defamatory statement aimed at 600 million Muslims was not actionable; 'if the court were to permit an action to lie for defamation of such a multitudinous group we would render meaningless the right guaranteed by the First Amendment to explore issues of public import.' "

Here is a great blog post on this fiasco

http://bitchspot.jadedragononline.com/?p=574

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Discussing §512 (f) of the DMCA: Is Fair Use a Right?

2009-01-08T20:36:49Z

The Copyright Alliance is an organization composed largely of giant corporations within the Entertainment Industry. This Alliance wants to gut our right to Fair Use like a dead fish.

http://www.copyrightalliance.org/index.php

http://www.copyrightalliance.org/content.php?id=44

Patrick Ross, the Executive Director of the Copyright Alliance, writes:

http://blog.copyrightalliance.org/2008/07/the-remix-culture/

"fair use is not a right. Copyright is a right. Fair use is a limitation on that right, which is not absolute. Specific methods of fair use are defined in court, and then only for that use. Fair use, then, is an affirmative defense the user can cite in court if sued for infringement."

The American University School of Communication Center For Social Media has published a Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video:

http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/resources/publications/fair_use_in_online_video/

"...the cultural value of copying is so well established that it is written into the social bargain at the heart of copyright law. The bargain is this: we as a society give limited property rights to creators, to reward them for producing culture; at the same time, we give other creators the chance to use that same copyrighted material without permission or payment, in some circumstances. Without the second half of the bargain, we could all lose important new cultural work just because one person is arbitrary or greedy.
Copyright law has several features that permit quotations from copyrighted works without permission or payment, under certain conditions. Fair use is the most important of these features. It has been an important part of copyright law for more than 150 years. Where it applies, fair use is a right, not a mere privilege. In fact, as the Supreme Court has pointed out, fair use keeps copyright from violating the First Amendment. As copyright protects more works for longer periods than ever before, it makes new creation harder. As a result, fair use is more important today than ever before."
William Patry is one of THE foremost authorities on Fair Use. He writes:
http://williampatry.blogspot.com/2008/07/patrick-ross-and-fair-use.html

"The Yiddish/Aramaic word "chutzpah" is well known, and has been defined variously as gall, audacity, insolence, and impertinence. Patrick Ross, head of the cartoonish Copyright Alliance, seems to have chutzpah in abundance, as seen on a blog post yesterday criticizing The Center for Social Media at American University, for its release of a "Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video." The best practices are a "Future of Public Media Project," funded by the Ford Foundation, a fact Mr. Ross omits.

Mr. Ross is not a lawyer, but formerly was with the right wing Progress and Freedom Foundation, which usually acts as a mouthpiece for corporate copyright owners. I have no idea whether or where Mr. Ross attempts to learn about copyright law, much less fair use. For my part, I have been a practicing copyright lawyer for 25 years, and have been studying fair use even longer, beginning in law school. In 1985, I wrote my first book on copyright, which was also the first book devoted just to fair use. The treatise's first citation was by the Supreme Court in the Harper & Row case, issued shortly after the treatise came out. Subsequently, that treatise has been cited many more times by other courts. I have testified before a joint session of the IP subcommittees of Congress on fair use, worked on amendments to Section 107 as a Congressional staffer, argued fair use cases in the courts of appeals and district courts, written an article about fair use with Judge Posner, advised many clients about it, and discussed the issue with the European Commission, and many representatives of foreign governments. I am unaware of any qualifications Mr. Ross has to talk about fair use.

Nor is Mr. Ross an educator. Yet, regarding both fair use and education, in his criticism of the Center's Best Practices, he speaks as if he knows more than those who are copyright lawyers and educators (and some who are both), beginning with a pompous, purported correction about the nature of fair use, scolding the Center for daring to utter the term "right" in the same sentence as fair use. . . ."

Fair Use Is a Right—the Purpose of Copyright Law:

http://www.themaskedanalyst.com/The%20Purpose%20of%20Copyright%20Law.htm

Section 108 of the copyright law:

http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#108

"Nothing in this section — in any way affects the right of fair use as provided by section 107 . . . "

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Sam sucks soaking sauce on set of sitcom Rules Of Engagement

2009-01-08T20:57:01Z

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Sam gets ready to guest star on "Rules of Engagement" for CBS at Sony Studios, Los Angeles, California. He takes you to the sound stage and sets, food designer and set decorators etc.

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RULES OF ENGAGEMENT is a comedy about the different phases of male/female relationships, as seen through the eyes of a newly engaged couple, Adam (Oliver Hudson) and Jennifer (Bianca Kajlich), a long-time married pair, Jeff (Patrick Warburton) and Audrey (Megyn Price), and a single guy on the prowl, Russell (David Spade). As they find out, the often confusing stages of a relationship can seem like being on a roller coaster. People can describe the ride to you, but to really know what it's like you have to experience it for yourself.

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