RE: While we're talking about the 1st amendment...

["Larry Seltzer" <Larry () larryseltzer com>]

Doesn't it matter at all that one is a commercial speech case and one is
a political speech chase? I think it also matters that the case you cite
is in France.

Larry Seltzer
eWEEK.com Security Center Editor
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Contributing Editor, PC Magazine
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-----Original Message-----
From: Blue Boar [mailto:BlueBoar () thievco com] 
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 12:19 AM
To: Larry Seltzer
Cc: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: Re: [funsec] While we're talking about the 1st amendment...

Google actually has a court loss to back this up:
http://www.news.com/2100-1030_3-5564118.html

                                        BB

Larry Seltzer wrote:
> http://www.examiner.com/a-983100~Robert_Cox__Google_bans_anti_MoveOn_o
> rg_ads.html
>  
> <excerpt>
>     Internet giant Google has banned advertisements critical of 
> MoveOn.org, the far-left advocacy group that caused a national uproar 
> last month when it received preferential treatment from The New York 
> Times for its "General Betray Us" message.
>
>     The ads banned by Google were placed by a firm working for 
> Republican Sen. Susan Collins' re-election campaign. Collins is 
> seeking her third term.
>
>     Earlier this week, Google told Lance Dutson, president of Maine 
> Coast Designs, that the ads he placed for Collins had been removed and

> would not be allowed to resume because they violated Google's 
> trademark policy.
>
>     Google's Web site states, "Google takes allegations of trademark 
> infringement very seriously and, as a courtesy, we're happy to 
> investigate matters raised by trademark owners." That suggests Google 
> acted in response to a complaint by MoveOn.org.
> </excerpt>
>
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