Newswires: RNC / DNC 2008
The Democratic National Convention took place in Denver, Colorado, August 24-28, 2008 while the Republican National Convention was in St. Paul, Minnesota between September 1-4, 2008. Here are some articles from external newswires filtered for the keywords: RNC, DNC, Denver, Minneapolis...
Fox and National Public Radio Have Something in Common: Taking Down Obvious Fair Uses
The Fox News Channel boasts that it takes a different approach to news coverage than, say, CBS, NBC, or NPR. But it appears Fox takes the same approach as its competitors when it comes to fair uses of its news coverage in political advertisements: to try to shut them down using the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's rapid-fire notice and takedown process. Ben Smith at Politico reports that the Fox news network has used a copyright claim to cause YouTube to disable access to a Democratic National Committee advertisement less than 24 hours after it was posted. The ad, which accuses Senate candidates competing in the Republican primary of focusing on trivial issues, excerpted less than a minute of a Fox interview with one of the candidates. The DNC has fought back, firing off a letter to Fox explaining the "DNC's use of the clip is squarely within the bounds of fair use" and demanding that Fox effectively withdraw the claim. The DNC also implicitly threatens to sue Fox under Section 512(f) if it continues to maintain the copyright allegations, and name checks EFF's Lenz case in the process. As a news organization, and so presumably familiar with the concepts and application of fair use, Fox should know better. Let's hope Fox will take this chance to distinguish itself from its rivals and show its support for free speech by withdrawing its spurious copyright claim. more >>
Real Risks
From Facebook An Open Letter to the White Student Movement by Queer Black Revolutionary Response to a Critic of the "white" Student Movement by The Invisible Women Committee Why Did the March onto the 980 Freeway Happen? by Nico Dacumos Rebuttal to "Why Did the March onto the 980 Freeway Happen" by Melissa Merin (MM) The Raider Nation Collective Statement on the M4 Highway Takeover, by The Raider Nation (RNC) The Dawn of The Crisis Generation, by The Crisis Generation This letter is meant as a contribution to the larger conversation, represented by the letters linked above, happening around the public education movements. And is specifically in response to Melissa’s letter and the raider nation collective's statement. And to be clear, I am not putting this letter in context w/a continued debate around the Oscar Grant movement- based upon an understanding that the rebellions around Oscar Grant’s execution and the actions to defend public education are not comparable. Meaning, the Oscar Grant rebellions (specifically Jan 7th, 2009), was an uprising of primarily communities of color responding to vicious state violence and were spontaneous collective actions; whereas the March 4th freeway takeover, the "Berkeley riot”, and some of the other occupationist incidents were planned actions by higher ed. student communities and networks. read more more >>
Elliot Hughes Accepts a Plea, Can Still Sue for Police Brutality
On Monday, March 8th, 2010, Elliot accepted a plea deal as his trial for two counts of gross misdemeanor assault on an officer and one count of misdemeanor obstructing legal process was about to commence. Elliot fell off his bike following a collision with a St. Paul bike cop during the RNC and was promptly [...] more >>
Elliot Hughes Accepts a Plea, Can Still Sue for Police Brutality
On Monday, March 8th, 2010, Elliot accepted a plea deal as his trial for two counts of gross misdemeanor assault on an officer and one count of misdemeanor obstructing legal process was about to commence. Elliot fell off his bike following a collision with a St. Paul bike cop during the RNC and was promptly [...] more >>
David McKay transferred to California (confirmed)
Denver ABC recently heard back from David McKay of the Texas 2, and confirmed that he’s now being held in Herlong, California. David was moved from Texas to California in order to participate in a 9-month drug program. There is a small chance that completion of the program will get him a reduction of his (4 [...] more >>
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Poland: Demonstration in support of the Rozbrat squat, Poznan, 8 March 2010
from email, 9 March 2010: "On Monday, 8th March, about 50 people from Rozbrat squat Collective made a demonstration in front of the gate of Poznan International Fair Center, where a congress of local councils from all over Poland was taking place. Shouting slogans “City is not a company. Rozbrat stays!”, the anarchists blockaded the gate. Many cars with the officials were forced to turn back..." more
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