Didn’t make it all the way through the video. Sry.

Couldn’t agree more…considering how often Beck uses out of context quotes, partial quotes, deliberately misinterpreted quotes, etc, etc, etc…doing the same to him is indeed more than fair.

On the IP law side of this, regardless of copyright claims, Disney will have a reasonable trademark violation claim. According to Wikipedia, “all major Disney characters, [are] trademarked.” Disney characters are prominent enough that it would be confusing to many viewers whether Disney is satirizing Beck, or somebody else (“Rebellious Pixels) is doing the satirizing. I don’t think DMCA applies to trademark violation claims, but I do think Disney has a reasonable claim that this video may harm their commercial interest.

That’s what’s so weird – if you break down what Beck says, each individual bit might actually make sense (some small percentage of the break-down anyway). The way he puts it together, though, is ludicrous and I can’t stand the guy or his message.

Let me introduce you to the Fallacy of Composition. :-)

/sarcasm off

IAAL, but I’m not going to offer advice here. Without researching anything, there might be avenues that allow the use of the Disney material, including other parts of fair use, but claiming Donald is being parodied here looks to me to be a hard row to hoe.

Unemployment benefits are lifeblood in the beginning of a crisis, but eventually the left needs to offer a plan to get companies and the wealthy investing in new ventures. Both groups are currently stockpiling their cash due to future uncertainty, and whether new ventures are commercial or nonprofit we are going to need some type of private investment to replace the jobs that were lost.

I’ve spent a lot of time around conservatives, so let me see if I can translate Right-wing Newspeak into plain English for you.

Newspeak: “intolerance” = English: “disagreement with my views, criticism of people I admire or agree with, or expression of opinions contrary to my own”

Note that synonyms for “intolerance” in Right-wing Newspeak include: “hate”, “treason”, “liberalism”, “socialism”, “fascism”, “communism”, “racism”, “terrorism”, “un-American”, “Muslim”, “Kenyan”, and “Obama”

Please don’t confuse the Newspeak word “intolerance” with the plain English word “intolerance” which means “utter contempt for anyone who is different from you in terms of race, religion, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, political affiliation, etc.” The Newspeak word for this is “patriotism”.

I hope that was helpful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfuwNU0jsk0

One of the things that people should know is that Beck is not making money for Fox right now. He is being subsidized by them.

Beck is not delivering a good ROI to the Newscorp investors, unless it is going to come in some form other than direct revenue.
Today in the New York Times Magazine the author said that 296 advertisers have decided to pull their ads from the show. This is because of the actions of Color of Change and the guy who runs StopBeck.

Think about that for a moment. In what other venue would a money losing show be kept on the air for months at a time? So much for the “market” deciding. This is what happens when you have a media monopoly. You can even use your power to subvert the financial interests of the stockholders (which is supposed to be the goal of every corporation).

Newscorp board members have a fiduciary responsibility to explain to the stockholders when Beck will MAKE them money instead of costing them money. Or they need to have a explanation like, “Sure he isn’t making us money, but we are getting great PR for our causes, which are more important to us than making money right now.”

Also, Murdock has misrepresented how well Beck is providing revenue for NewsCorp. He doesn’t know what is happening financially in his own firm, which should be a SEC problem according to Reg FD. I asked him about the revenue Beck is making for Newscorp vs. the revenue he SHOULD be making for Newscorp. Read about it here. http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/47123

I do wish more of my friends on the left would understand how they can use corporation’s own greed and stated objectives against them. But I also understand the power of right wing media to smear and destroy people or put their lives in danger. Don’t believe me? Tell it to people like Dr. Tiller. Oh, right he’s dead.
Or Van Jones, or right he got fired. Good thing that the Tides Foundation shooter was caught before he killed people.

http://www.oliverwillis.com/2010/07/24/oakland-shooter-glenn-beck-tides-found-and-dot-connecting/

It’s not a question of when Beck’s followers will kill people it’s a question of “How many?” There will be no criminal reproductions for people who kill others after listening to Beck, O’Reilly, Hannity or their ilk.

In order to prevent them from inciting more death to their enemies we need to make them financially unprofitable. That is the real sin in corporate America. We can never ask the government in help in this area like we asked them to regular dirty words. We have decided that calling for the death of people on the air is fine. Therefore, if want to hold a corporation responsible for the deaths that they promote, you need to make it financially unprofitable.

If Disney has it pulled, this should go to court. I could *easily* see this as a landmark case reaffirming fair use rights with repercussions for a generation.

I *PRAY* Disney tries to take this down. There will be no shortage of lawyers ready to take it on pro bono and this will be an Operation Footbullet x 10,000.