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This Song is My Song
I’m sure by now most have heard that the hilarious JibJab parody of “This Land”
by Woody Guthrie is under
attack from the copyright owners of the latter.
BoingBoing has added an interesting twist to the debate. ‘Twould seem good ol’ Guthrie
wasn’t
particularly anal about copyrights himself.
Fair Use
I’m not a fan of government-imposed censorship and I believe that parents should
take a more active role in what their children watch on TV and movies.
Hollywood is trying on multiple
fronts
to eradicate customers’ fair
use rights. One of their targets is parent’s right to control what his children
watch.
Several months ago, a new
DVD player debuted which would permit the user to “automatically
skip sexual
content, graphically violent scenes and language deemed offensive”.
Directors are furious and Hollywood wants these machines off the market. If you’d
like to see ClearPlay-enabled
players, like RCA’s DRC232N back
on the market and protected in the future, please sign the Grassfire
Family Movie Act petition.
Right to Protest
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Pacifists have just as much right to protest as anybody. In fact, sometimes I even join them. However, last I checked, protesters didn’t have the right to demand no barriers/pens, free water, free transportation, and monetary compensation.
Freedom From Religion?
I don't think it takes a leap of logic to believe that politically correct propaganda, perhaps from the homosexual lobby, wouldn't have been censored like this boy's religious literature was.
Religious Liberty Advocates Defend Fifth-Grade Censorship Victim
By Jim Brown
June 21, 2004
(AgapePress) – A Michigan school is being sued for censoring a fifth-grade student's classroom project because of its religious content.