http://blog.copyrightalliance.org/2009/06/artist-as-politician-iran%e2%80%99s-mousavi-comments-on-artists-and-political-responsibility/ Copyright Information Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:02:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://blog.copyrightalliance.org/2009/06/artist-as-politician-iran%e2%80%99s-mousavi-comments-on-artists-and-political-responsibility/#comment-30365 Neda of Iran! The Voice of Iran Speaks Today in the Streets » The Copyright Alliance Blog » Blog Archive » Artist As Politician Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:05:01 +0000 http://blog.copyrightalliance.org/?p=464#comment-30365 [...] The Copyright Alliance Blog » Blog Archive » Artist As Politician September 15th, 2009 We Are Neda The Copyright Alliance Blog » Blog Archive » Artist As Politician [...] [...] The Copyright Alliance Blog » Blog Archive » Artist As Politician September 15th, 2009 We Are Neda The Copyright Alliance Blog » Blog Archive » Artist As Politician [...]

]]> http://blog.copyrightalliance.org/2009/06/artist-as-politician-iran%e2%80%99s-mousavi-comments-on-artists-and-political-responsibility/#comment-21882 John Gordon Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:10:27 +0000 http://blog.copyrightalliance.org/?p=464#comment-21882 How ironic, then, that some of the copyright owners who fund this site used spurious DMCA takedown notices to censor impactful, original, creative political commentary videos posted on YouTube during the last US election cycle. How ironic, too, that groups like the Church of Scientology use copyright law to stifle public criticism of their organization on matters of public concern. I agree with you that creative expression is vital to political engagement. I simply feel compelled to point out that copyright law written to serve special interests is also used to suppress political speech. How ironic, then, that some of the copyright owners who fund this site used spurious DMCA takedown notices to censor impactful, original, creative political commentary videos posted on YouTube during the last US election cycle. How ironic, too, that groups like the Church of Scientology use copyright law to stifle public criticism of their organization on matters of public concern. I agree with you that creative expression is vital to political engagement. I simply feel compelled to point out that copyright law written to serve special interests is also used to suppress political speech.

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