* Even during his continuous hostility against the United States, the Ayatollah has made it known that he considers the perpetrator of the Boston Marathon Massacre of '13 to be a worse evil.
* When an artist who designed a fanmade logo for the Baltimore Ravens sued the Ravens for using that logo, those notoriously vehement and greedy opponents of fair use that comprise the MPAA, upon getting involved in the case, actually put forth a defense of fair use.
** That's the optimistic view. The [[https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130409/14320522648/things-you-dont-see-every-day-mpaa-argues-fair-use-court.shtml more cynical view]] is that it is simple hypocricy; many movies don't license every single creation that shows up in them, making them liable in the same way as the Ravens; in fact, the MPAA's [[https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/682392-134957061-bouchat-v-nfl-amici-ida-mpaa-find.html brief]] notes "It would be difficult, for example, to make an effective biography of an actor without including audiovisual clips depicting his work[. . . .]It would be nearly impossible to document any sliver of life in a major American city without capturing vast numbers of logos, signs, billboards, and other copyrighted works along the way." As Masnick's article put it, "...this is the very same MPAA who insists that nothing about copyright law can be construed to be a limit on free speech. Well, until it's the free speech of the MPAA's studio members, I guess."

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** That's the optimistic view. The [[https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130409/14320522648/things-you-dont-see-every-day-mpaa-argues-fair-use-court.shtml more cynical view]] is that it is simple hypocricy; many movies don't license every single creation that shows up in them, making them liable in the same way as the Ravens; in fact, the MPAA's [[https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/682392-134957061-bouchat-v-nfl-amici-ida-mpaa-find.html brief]] notes "It would be difficult, for example, to make an effective biography of an actor without including audiovisual clips depicting his work[. . . .]It would be nearly impossible to document any sliver of life in a major American city without capturing vast numbers of logos, signs, billboards, and other copyrighted works along the way."  As Masnick's article put it, "...this is the very same MPAA who insists that nothing about copyright law can be construed to be a limit on free speech. Well, until it's the free speech of the MPAA's studio members, I guess."

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* When an artist who designed a fanmade logo for the Baltimore Ravens sued the Ravens for using that logo, those notoriously vehement and greedy opponents of fair use that comprise the MPAA, upon getting involved in the case, actually put forth a defense of fair use.
** That's the optimistic view.  The [[https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130409/14320522648/things-you-dont-see-every-day-mpaa-argues-fair-use-court.shtml more cynical view]] is that it is simple hypocricy; many movies don't license every single creation that shows up in them, making them liable in the same way as the Ravens; in fact, the MPAA's [[https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/682392-134957061-bouchat-v-nfl-amici-ida-mpaa-find.html brief]] notes "It would be difficult, for example, to make an effective biography of an actor without including audiovisual clips depicting his work[. . . .]It would be nearly impossible to document any sliver of life in a major American city without capturing vast numbers of logos, signs, billboards, and other copyrighted works along the way."

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