Comments on: The high cost of headlines http://www.p2pnet.net/story/6565 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/6565/comment-page-1#comment-22162 Reader's Write Wed, 12 Oct 2005 21:25:33 +0000 #comment-22162 Why ban free speech when all you have to do is trademark and copyright just about every phase, headline, opinion, or even words used in certain contexts. That way, in order to suppress speech that is 'unsuitable' to the powers that be, one only has to sue for infringment. Imagine publishing information about a corrupt politician in a student newspaper and end up getting sued by a corporate patron for copyright infringment. That the way things are headed :-( If I am in the hardware business and am competing against Home Depot, and I TRUTHFULLY say "Here at Joes, we always have the low prices - always," I could be dragged into court for infringing on "Walmart's trademark" The copyright laws of this country and many others have become so crazy that it is now becoming suppressive. This is just another reason why to support FreeWans. At least on a FreeWan Cell, one can post information anonymously. Freedom of expression is fast becoming a thing of the past. Why ban free speech when all you have to do is trademark and copyright just about every phase, headline, opinion, or even words used in certain contexts. That way, in order to suppress speech that is ‘unsuitable’ to the powers that be, one only has to sue for infringment.
Imagine publishing information about a corrupt politician in a student newspaper and end up getting sued by a corporate patron for copyright infringment. That the way things are headed :-(

If I am in the hardware business and am competing against Home Depot, and I TRUTHFULLY say “Here at Joes, we always have the low prices – always,” I could be dragged into court for infringing on “Walmart’s trademark” The copyright laws of this country and many others have become so crazy that it is now becoming suppressive. This is just another reason why to support FreeWans. At least on a FreeWan Cell, one can post information anonymously. Freedom of expression is fast becoming a thing of the past.

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