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July 27, 2004
Barbie on the INDUCE Act (IICA): From My Cold, Plastic Hands, Senator Hatch
Posted by Ernest Miller
Barbie in a Blender is a wonderful celebration of free speech and fair use:
So when Utah artist Tom Forsythe took this photograph of Barbie in a blender as part of a series of critical fine-art Barbie photos, Mattel got pissed. So what did they do to try stop Tom's message? They decided to sue his ass....Luckily for Tom, he convinced some lawyers from the ACLU to step up to and fight his case, and after a long legal battle he was victorious. The judge in the case ruled that the lawsuit clearly ran counter to the first amendment, calling Mattel's suit "groundless and unreasonable." Not only that, but the Judge's order forces Mattel to pay Tom's $1.8 million in legal fees. National Barbie-in-a-Blender Day, July 27, is a celebration of this important defense of free speech.
Visit the exhibit, but Barbie's commentary on the Inducing Infringement of Copyrights Act (IICA, née
INDUCE Act) is my favorite. Photo by Nicholas Bergson Shilcock,
Barbies Endorses SavetheiPod.com.
via Copyfight
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Ernest Miller pursues research and writing on cyberlaw, intellectual property, and First Amendment issues. Mr. Miller attended the U.S. Naval Academy before attending Yale Law School, where he was president and co-founder of the Law and Technology Society, and founded the technology law and policy news site LawMeme. He is a fellow of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School.
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