I wonder whether such incitement to politically-based violence is prosecutable under the so-called PATRIOT Act. (As if KSFO had a real political ideology!)
It would be interesting to see them hoisted on their own petard.
Are there any legal eagles out there who can tell us whether the PATRIOT Act is applicable here?
i agree that the patriot act could be used against morgan and that certainly would be fascinating, more likely is that this blog swarm gets so out of hand that disney has no choice but to sue spocko or anyone else who uses it's intellectual property for the expressed purpose of doing economic harm to its business. they don't consider it fair use, they see it as illegal and there are precedents. i've read the letters being sent to advertisers posted throughout the blogoshpere and they ask specifically for the advertisers to pull their money. if the blog swarm wants to stay ahead of the 1st amendment and fair use laws, it would be prudent to avoid using the stations' copywritten material for the sole purpose of doing economic harm to the business.
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I wonder whether such incitement to politically-based violence is prosecutable under the so-called PATRIOT Act. (As if KSFO had a real political ideology!)
It would be interesting to see them hoisted on their own petard.
Are there any legal eagles out there who can tell us whether the PATRIOT Act is applicable here?
That would be breathtakingly hilarious...using their wonderful democracy stomping Patriot Act against them!
Something to hope for!
Indeed, D.V., the case would wind through the Courts until the PATRIOT Act dies a judicial death as being unconstitutional.
And all the legal fees will be on the Neo-Crazies' dime.
Oh yes, please.
One could make a case that that sort of rhetoric promotes terrorism, after all. Wasn't Chad Castegana a big fan of Michelle Malkin's blog? Hmm....
In addition to a criminal case, I wonder whether there are grounds for a civil case:
http://gaelicstarover.blogspot.com/2007/01/libel.html
Yes, I too wonder how many Chad Castaganas are fermenting to the sound of Ms. Morgan’s voice.
http://tinyurl.com/3cjvtz
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i agree that the patriot act could be used against morgan and that certainly would be fascinating, more likely is that this blog swarm gets so out of hand that disney has no choice but to sue spocko or anyone else who uses it's intellectual property for the expressed purpose of doing economic harm to its business. they don't consider it fair use, they see it as illegal and there are precedents. i've read the letters being sent to advertisers posted throughout the blogoshpere and they ask specifically for the advertisers to pull their money. if the blog swarm wants to stay ahead of the 1st amendment and fair use laws, it would be prudent to avoid using the stations' copywritten material for the sole purpose of doing economic harm to the business.
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