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Re: Where does the Republican Party stand on the 1st Amendment?


From: "John C. A. Bambenek, GCIH, CISSP" <bambenek.infosec () gmail com>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:16:59 -0500

I know all you new media types hate IP, but you know, having shameless
no-talent hacks gank the work of actual good designers only serves to
decimate yet another industry.  See the news media for an example.

On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 12:47 PM, Richard M. Smith <rms () computerbytesman com>
wrote:

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/07/gop-threatening.html

GOP Threatens CafePress Over Shirts, Stickers and Logos

The Republican National Committee is threatening to sue CafePress for
hosting an online venue for vendors to hawk GOP-related regalia like
T-shirts, stickers and portrayals of elephants.

The committee, as it turns out, owns the trademarks to "GOP," "Grand Old
Party," "Republican National Committee," "RNC" and the official GOP
elephant
logo.

Sean Cairncross, the party's chief counsel, wrote (.pdf) the Foster City,
California online vendor that the GOP "takes infringements upon its
trademarks seriously."

"Please cease and desist from allowing vendors to utilize the federally
registered trademarks of the RNC or we will be forced to consider a legal
remedy," Cairncross wrote CafePress.

...


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