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(Fox News) - Last week we told you that Internet goliath Google had barred political ads from Republican Senator Susan Collins because they mentioned MoveOn.org. Google cited a policy against using trademarks without permission.
Wired magazine now reports MoveOn has opted out of the Google policy — saying it does not want to support a rule that denies people freedom of expression.
But MoveOn is still putting heat on a Web site called Cafe Press — which sells customized t-shirts, bumper stickers and other novelties. The site had been promoting items making fun of MoveOn — with slogans such as "MoveOn.org is the worst friend a Democrat could have" — and "General Petraeus has done more for this country than MoveOn.org." MoveOn sent a cease-and-desist letter to cafe press — even though courts have consistently ruled in favor of parodies and critiques.
Wired magazine now reports MoveOn has opted out of the Google policy — saying it does not want to support a rule that denies people freedom of expression.
But MoveOn is still putting heat on a Web site called Cafe Press — which sells customized t-shirts, bumper stickers and other novelties. The site had been promoting items making fun of MoveOn — with slogans such as "MoveOn.org is the worst friend a Democrat could have" — and "General Petraeus has done more for this country than MoveOn.org." MoveOn sent a cease-and-desist letter to cafe press — even though courts have consistently ruled in favor of parodies and critiques.
posted by BP News Bureau | 7:50 AM
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When MoveOn.org sees what I've put up at CafePress--and also as do-it-yourself images that can be reproduced there and at Zazzle.com (you don't need your own store, just an uploadable image)--MoveOn.org will wish it was still dealing with relatively harmless slogans like "MoveOn.org is the worst friend a Democrat could have."
My material cites the anti-Semitic and anti-Catholic hate speech that MoveOn welcomed at its now-disgraced Action Forum. Furthermore, as it doesn't use MoveOn's trademarked blue and red logo, I doubt there is anything on earth that MoveOn.org can do to stop me.
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