A North Jersey newspaper company on Friday slapped Sarah Palin with a lawsuit alleging the former vice-presidential candidate and her political action committee posted copies of an iconic 9/11 photograph on their websites without permission.
The trademark-infringement suit, filed in Manhattan federal court by North Jersey Media Group, alleges Palin posted a copyrighted photo of firefighters raising the American flag on the ruins of the World Trade Center on her PAC’s website, her official Facebook page and other web pages.
North Jersey Media Group’s holdings include The Woodland Park, NJ-based The Record and the Herald News. The photo was taken by Thomas E. Franklin and appeared on the front page of the Sept. 12, 2001 edition of The Record. It earned him Pulitzer Prize nomination and was the focus of a CNN documentary “The Flag” that aired on Sunday.
“North Jersey Media Group is concerned about the infringement of its photograph and people taking credit of the photo who are not entitled to,” the company’s lawyer William Dunnegan said.
Reps for Palin’s PAC could not be reached for comment.
Whoops!
Well hey, WE tried to warn her.
Okay now watching this play out should be VERY entertaining.
Now if ONLY we can get Ashton Kutcher and Martin Luther King Jr's family to follow suit.
Update: Yep ABC News does have it. And some added detail:
The lawsuit asks the court to stop SarahPAC from using the picture. It also seeks damages.
Oooh, damages! Methinks I see another money bomb being drummed up by the Sea O'Pee coming soon.
Well hey, WE tried to warn her.
ReplyDeleteYou know the bitch doesn't listen!
...or reads!
Delete$carahPAC$cam.com
DeleteLMFAO !!
I love being a part of IM.....and having watched the antics of Sarah Palin for so long. We ALL know her so, so well! She's a proven (time and time again) to be an idiot! There is just no other word to describe her!
DeleteI will do what I want until the courts tell me no ~mayor sarah palin
DeleteI hope Ashton Kutcher pops $creech for the use of his image to make $$ for her PAC also too. And Noam Chomsky ditto. And anyone else $he has scammed as a money making tool to maintain her lazy, phony lifestyle. Not one of the Paylins has a job or has done anything to better themselves - travel, college, nothing. Such de$picable losers.
DeleteLet me guess, postage will pay for it.
ReplyDeleteSarah Palin removed it. About time!
ReplyDeleteToo late, she'll end up paying damages :)
DeletePoor Brisket, there goes the pontoon boat!
Burn baby burn.
ReplyDeleteSssssswwwweeeeeeeeeeettt !!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteYIPEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
ReplyDeleteIt has been removed from her facebook page. Lovely.
ReplyDeleteI think when babygate breaks I will have this wonderful feeling x 1000.
OH yeah.
DeleteWe will be on a supernatural natural high! The culmination of so much work.
We warned her about this awhile ago.
ReplyDeleteSarah Palin has to learn the hard way.
By hook or by crook the mama bear's gotta make the money. Lots of bills to pay. Pimp Baby Pimp!
ReplyDeleteLmao!!!! I hope this is just the beginning of many lawsuits to come for the quitter, grifter, liar, skank.Happy Friday the 13th scarah! I bet the fridge is scared hahahaha
ReplyDeleteSarahPac won't respond but it looks like they removed it.
ReplyDeleteHey, we all know she'll do whatever she wants until a judge tells her she can't. Right, wink wink.
ReplyDeleteThat's what she said and lo and behold, here comes the judge!
DeleteSarah Palin is not worried about getting sued. SarahPac has lots of postage stamps to pay for her fines.
ReplyDeleteI think the PAC (Sarah Personal Purse) is getting thin. Maybe she will have to fire some of her consultants.
DeleteMaybe she's not concerned, but do her donors want to support her stupidity on these issues that are so sensitive to all Americans--- MLK with civil rights AND Sarah's stealing iconic images of 9/11/01 scenes TO LINE HER POCKETS THROUGH A POLITICAL PAC that only gives about 5% of its revenues to its stated cause?
Delete(Sorry about all the caps. )
Roger Ailes has dropped her twice like a hot potato, so there are some that see the attention she brings is mostly negative.
The half term, half wit pays tens of thousands of dollars every year for "consultants" and "advisers"- het they didn't know enough to not use a copyrighted photo for fundraising?
DeleteCan you say POSTAGE?? Bwhahahahha
*;54. She fires any bone fide credentialed person. You can't expect her family or friends to know this edumacated learned stuff.
DeleteWe're all just picking on SArah!
"consultants" and "advisers"
DeleteLike Toad, Beefalo and little Becky...
Hehehehehehehehehahahahahahahaha-what-a-stupid-ho!
ReplyDeleteThis message came up on my IPhone(I had her page open to see how long the picture would stay on her Fecesbook page)
"The page you requested cannot be displayed right now. It may be temporarily unavailable, the link you clicked on may be broken or expired, or you may not have permission to view this page."
OR....BaldyPAC got slapped with some legal papers and they hurried up and removed the picture...but it's too fucking late!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA...Good job IM'rs!!
I hope that others will follow suit as well. But...they probably think that she is so inconsequential that it's really not worth their time or money since most of those photos of just of themselves. But a photo from 9/11? Abusing THAT? Worth every penny to file suit against her. The ultimate slap in the face to all who suffered that day. "Never forget~please send me money".
ReplyDeleteNow we need to have a campaign to get the MLK folks and Ashton Kutcher do the same thing for her use of their images. "I'll keep doin' it til' the courts tell me I can't". You got your wish, $$$$arah! HAAAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAA!
DeleteWoohoo!
DeleteI sent an email to the MLK email address for MLK's son but didn't hear back. I'm on my iPhone in Petco with 2 dogs so I can't look it up or they'll throw me out of here. But if someone has a link for the suit by North Jersey, please forward it as an attachment to the King Foundation. I don't think it would hurt if they received multiple notices about this from several people here at IM. I will do the same after while.
I'm so happy about this. I'm also going to send Jennifer Borg, the General Counsel at North Jersey a note to punch The Quitter in the throat, for all of us. (Just kidding. I'd rather a judge lay on some punitive damages for her recklessness and willful deceit. Then when the Grifter denies it, contempt of court and perjury charges. Am I getting ahead of myself here? Heh heh)
If the PeeBots want to pay this for Sarah, then they still haven't learned. After Sarah's lies about the Unions and their healthcare and her role in the AFP/Koch dog & pony show with Andrew Breitbart, she is now officially lying scum. And she can kiss my ass too. Also.
WTG IM'ers!
BBB
Yes --- about damn time that someone starts to bring this media whore grifter down. I hope others follow their lead. It is disgusting the way that she has gotten by with so much shit for so long.
ReplyDeleteAMEN!
DeleteGreat news to start the weekend ... fuck you Sarah.
ReplyDeleteGreat Fri the 13th! Always been a lucky day!
DeleteBut not for stoopid sara!
Great JOB!!!!
Me too 6:19. 13 is my lucky number, as is 26
DeleteOH SNAP...have the nuts found out about this at the Asylum yet?
ReplyDelete*GinaM putting on her body armour and heading over to crazy land*
LOL!!
Right there with you sister. HA...their article now links to a dead void, kinda like Sarah's brain.
Deletehttp://conservatives4palin.com/2013/09/governor-palin-remembers-911.html
Give 'em Hell, Gina, and give us a report! Love it!
DeleteGood luck in your crusade.
DeleteI will say, from personal experience, that firefighters are the BEST people. We had a wildfire run next to the house, and the firefighters could have taken anything, we left so quickly valuable stuff was laying around, but they took one cookie, and only on my insistence, lol.
If Sarah Palin has offended them, she won’t have much support. The cracks are continuing.
I was really in a funk tonight... then checking in I found this news of Sara which has made my night! Sara and her brood are the gifts that keep on giving. Now if only Sara would pen this article for Pravda instead of John McCain that would be award winning journalism for sure. Sara has a degree in communication, or is it journalism? Whatever... after all Sara can see Rusia from her backyard....she has first hand experience with the Russians..I did see her documentary, "Who's Nailin Palin". http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/09/13/exclusive_john_mccain_will_attack_vladimir_putin_in_the_pages_of_pravda#.UjNf8qKr3wA.twitter
DeleteYou are such an unattractive woman Gina. Maybe if you stopped stuffing your face and got a haircut and some makeup on, you wouldn't be so angry. Typical lib fatty.
DeleteLMAO @ the patients at the Asylum!!
DeleteSo far...only a few nuts hanging in the "Day Room" (Open Thread) are whispering about it. The "staff"(moderators) must be in the back room trying to figure out if they will post this on the "Bulletin Board" (separate post) or pretend that this never happened and pass out donuts to the few remaining patients who are still hanging around!
Love this comment it's a combination of bewilderment and RAGE! LOL!!!
"blueniner CJH • an hour ago −
That is a bunch of crap, since when, that photo is public domain, but this shows lawsuits on parade, this is a prime example of what Sarah Palin went through as Governor of Alaska. It still goes on four years later, unbelievable.
And FoodStamp Pete is just too stupid for words...
"Pete Petretich myfairlady • 35 minutes ago −
Should she replace it with a more generalized image? Or just let this stand as a testimony to the way she is held to a double-standard?"
Tomorrow should be hella funny! Wait until "VirginiaHe'sNoGentleman" finds out about this! This morning he was screaming at the "down arrows" on his post about his MIL! He may beat her to "heaven" once he finds out about BaldyPAC being sued!
Oh shit...just thought of BrianDouble Anus' reaction! What kind of Latin will that nutbar pull out of his "anus" on Baldy's behalf?
LMAO!!!
*GinaM pointing and laughing @
DeleteAnonymous6:05 PM*
Oh dear....well RAM...do you wanna tell em or should I?
ROFLM-unattractive-lib-fatty-AO
Hey 6:05, you fucking idiot. That ain't Gina's picture. Her avatar is of one of Sarah PAC's many paid consultants, the CONSERVATIVE wackjob who started C4P. Go fuck yourself.
Delete6:05
Deletedumb fuk ...
i'll let others 'fill ya in'
LMAO !
LOL!!!!! The 'Gina' picture is of Sarah Palin's right hand man, ghost writer and beloved consultant recipient. The unfortunate failed Hollywood screen writer, Rebecca Mansour. She has enough humiliation having to gag over Britol's antics these many years. HA HA HA HA HA! Can't believe you called the RW nut a "lib fatty". Thanks for the laughs.
DeleteAnonymous6:05 PM
DeleteYou are such an unattractive woman Gina. Maybe if you stopped stuffing your face and got a haircut and some makeup on, you wouldn't be so angry. Typical lib fatty.
*****
Hey dumbFuck! You calling Becky Mansour ugly? Big bo$$ not going to be happy with you bub!
Don't you flippin know who "Gina'sM" avi is?
The woman who started your cult page and Palins highest paid ghost writer! Fuck off and die you idiot!
Pretty much puts to bed she is any kind of journalist. Anyone with a journalism degree would understand copyright laws, rules about altering photos and proper use etc. as these are core issues in news reporting. She is a total fraud and a cheapskate as she obviously cannot afford qualified help.
DeleteThat ugly fat unattractive woman is a REPUBLICAN and one of Sarah Palins paid Bots. LOL, they don't even know the people that control them!
Delete@Gina, how many times have her bots called Rebecca ugly?
Like a moth to a flame, like a fly to flypaper, like a maggot to Sarah's wig....
DeleteAnonymous6:05 couldn't help him/her/it self/selves.
Must be green with envy, or is that gangrene? Obamacare covers it!
Thanks for the laughs, troll. Our dear GinaM is our mascot. hehehe
DeleteAnonymous7:59 PM
Delete"our mascot."
Okay who else pictured my RAM avatar head on the body of a penguin as IM's mascot!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Anonymous7:26 PM
Delete@Gina, how many times have her bots called Rebecca ugly?
Should I count the times they called her ugly at the Asylum too?
MJ "Horny Old Goat" Sheppard still can't show his beat up face over there for insulting the old RAMster!
LMAO!!!
My day started reading this thread LMAO!! What a great way to start the day...thank you!!
Deletehahaha.
ReplyDeleteWow Gryphen, how can you sleep at night? (Probably pretty well) You warn the idiotic Palin and you warn her----Does she listen? I thought for once maybe the moron had actually paid for the right to use the images. Typical bagger. Always whining about what other people might get for "free" and she doesn't think she should pay for anything.
....and there are so many other copyrighted photos on her FB page! Her "employees" will be very busy beavers tonight culling all of her "stuff". :)
ReplyDeleteThey already took down Ashton Kutcher and Noam Chomsky, but Martin Luther King is still up there. His photo needs to be removed too. I don't think that Martin Luther King's estate would like to authorize his photo to raise money for Palin.
DeleteBe sure to capture it and save the MLK pic with the Sarah PAC logo superimposed on it in your hard drives. IIRC, the statute of limitations is two years here to make a claim for damages for this type of impropriety. I guess it would depend on which state it is filed in. For MLK, I think they're in Georgia. Anyone familiar w/ the statutes in GA? I believe the State of GA has the statutes on Lexis-Nexis available to the public online, but I'm not at my office to be able to research the statutes on a readable font. But if any attys reading here (or others familiar with the code in GA and care to look it up, it would make for a quick "good deed for the day" if you dropped the annotated code for the applicable law to the King Foundation. If I haven't read anything in the comments here by tomorrow morning, I'll try to go by my office for a few minutes. This is worthwhile to do, folks. We already have one arrow in the bullseye. Lets get another one!
DeleteBBB
Most people send a cease and desist letter. Object in question is removed and that is it. Glad the New Jersey pub is serious because Sarah doesn't learn that fast.
DeleteThey will settle out of court.
ReplyDeleteDoesn't matter. Doesn't make Palin look very good. There used to be an expression, "Good publicity, bad publicity, what does it matter as long as they spell my name right?" No! Bad publicity like this is bad publicity.
DeleteIt's not what you do when people are watching, it's what one does when they know they can get away with it, and still do the right thing.
DeleteIt speaks to one's lack of character, morals or conscience. Not a good day for someone who sold book signing photos and knew enough to have Sheilagh Whatserpuss to copyright them.
ABC's GOT IT!
ReplyDeletehttp://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/publisher-sues-sarah-palins-pac-wtc-photo-20254922
Bwahahahahaha !!!
ReplyDeleteHopefully, this lawsuit is ALREADY costing her some money -- nice, big, FAT checks to her "consultants" so they'll come up with some bizarre, bullshit reason why this is all OBAMA's fault !
(And here I'd always kind of assumed that Friday the 13th brought GOOD luck to witches ...)
Oh dear lord I'm feeling another legal fundraiser coming on strong...brace yourself scooter chair people this means you!
ReplyDeleteSurely you don’t need rice? Can’t you eat wood shavings (Roman Meal Bread… if it’s still around. My husband clued me into that; I thought it tasted pretty good).
DeleteI can see it now...signed pre owned foam fingers...
DeleteWe'll have to start writing to Noam Chomsky, Ashton Kutcher, the U.S.Military that Sarah is posing with, Martin Luther King Jr. Estate.....
ReplyDeleteI sent an email & screen capture to the DoD on 8/31, but they have not yet replied, with the exception of confirming receipt of the email.
DeleteFingers crossed!
Yup, the reality is now slowing rolling into the pond. Courtesy of their open thread:
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CJH • 4 minutes ago −
What a joke this is...
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/publisher-sues-sarah-palins-pac-wtc-photo-20254922
I bet they wouldn't sue if Hillary's PAC had used it. God, I can't stand the MSM.
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LOVE IT!
One of those idiots claimed that the photo was in the public domain. No, it isn't. All you have to do is google it and you can see that the photo is under copyright and not meant to be used for commercial purposes. http://www.groundzerospirit.org/
DeleteIt's use is seriously controlled because the newspaper explained that 300 of their readers died on September 11, and they wanted to honor them and the other victims, not profit from them.
Hillary Clinton would never have done this because she's not an idiot and knows the rules!
DeleteSarah Palin deserves everything she is getting over this issue! What a retard!
Sarah surrounds herself with friends and family, who are as ignorant as she is.
DeleteWTF is "nabisco" talking about??
Delete"narciso iizthatiiz • 6 minutes ago −
They wanted to suppress the message, it's not about money."
Uh...wasn't BaldyPAC's message...
SEND ME MONEY YA DUMBFUCKS
Because that's the message I received when I saw that shit!
LOL!!!
A small New Jersey paper is not the great big, bad MSM. But great way to make it look like Palin's a victim, while she breaks the law.
DeleteWere her consultants on vacation?
It is not a "small" NJ paper. The readership of the BERGEN RECORD is about 500,000.
DeleteAlso too, I doubt SP actually controls her FB- it was her consultant(s) who most likely made these decisions.
She says she's on the side of small, family owned entrepreneurs, yet she screws North Jersey Media Group, a successful family owned publishing company that owns the rights to the photo she exploited for money.
DeleteNo, all you whining poopy pants at the C4P Farm for the Feeble-Minded. Hillary's consultants KNOW better and would have PAID all the interested parties to use a well-known, copyrighted photo. But the world is Quitter's oyster, so anything goes, right? Don't you KNOW who she is, Bergen Record? She's Sarah Palin! Bwa and a ha!
DeleteNow we can hope Stephen Colbert (and comedy central/viacom) will also go after her for using a clip in her "death panels" video.
ReplyDeleteWe, on the blog, need to inform various people of this....she needs to be embarrassed and brought up short!
DeleteRemember, she's on record for having said she'd do what she wanted until proven she couldn't!
Stephen Colbert is so narcissistic and egotistical (love his comedy and satire though!) that I bet he monitors his "images" very carefully. Is Palin's use of his image and out of context of concern to him? I think so.
Delete6:12 -- Colbert plays a part that's narcissistic and egotistical, pretending to be blowhard, self-important Bill O'Reilly. That's the genius of his act.
DeleteHe isn't, in real life, either of these things.
What an excellent way to empty a PAC fund.
ReplyDeleteAlso, too, GREAT way to attract attention to a PAC that needs to be scrutinized for other infringements and misconduct. Misappropriation of funds? Theft? What nots?
DeleteJust like the Star of David, Sarah Palin will steal any symbolism if there's a buck in it. She's completely devoid of any sense of shame.
ReplyDeleteThis is a wonderful picture and the copyright owner is to be commended for insisting that this symbol be treated with respect.
Putting her SarahPAC logo on it was an incredible insult. But that's Sarah, she'll insult anyone for money.
I doubt that Martin Luther King (or his family), Ashton Kutcher and Noam Chomsky want their images used to raise money for Sarah Palin.
DeleteA class action suit would be nice. North Jersey Media Group Inc., Martin Luther King family, Ashton Kutcher and Noam Chomsky :)
DeleteThis proves that Sarah didn't really pay attention to her journalism classes, if she ever took any. One of the first lessons in journalism would be to put a quote in quotation marks. Reporters usually carry a small tape recorder or video the interview to be sure of getting the quote right. The same class would teach about what is covered when material has a copyright, and that you have to attribute the source and get permission first.
ReplyDeleteCan Sarah turn the colored photo into black and white and crop it? No, she can't.
"Is it illegal to alter a copyright photo?
I need to crop the bottom half of a photo out to make it appropriate but if I do that I of course remove the copyright on the bottom. Is this legal? Is there any way around it? Also, if I changed the color (lets say from color to black and white) is that illegal too? Thanks in advance"
Best Answer -
if it is copyrighted, you cannot take it/use it at all. you cannot use it wether you change colour, crop it, rotate it etc.
you must contact the owner and get permissions, and ask them what he/she is and isnt willing to let you do.
its their decision.
The author of the image (the copyright owner) under US Copyright Law has the exclusive rights to do and to authorize any of the following: (1) to reproduce the copyrighted work; (2) to prepare derivative works based upon the copyrighted work; (3) to distribute copies of the copyrighted work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending; (4) to perform the copyrighted work publicly; and (5) to display the copyrighted work publicly.
ReplyDeleteIn practice, unless the 'new design' is "sufficiently transformative" to qualify as new work, rather than as a derivative work, it would remain an infringement of the copyrights listed above.
Source(s):
http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1…
http://ipmetrics.net/copyright.html
...w/out permission? Isn't that illegal?
ReplyDeleteLet's refresh our memory with this Sarah tweet:
Sarah Palin Verified account @SarahPalinUSA
The publishing world is LEAKING out-of-context excerpts of my book w/out my permission? Isn't that illegal?MT @C4Palin
3:10 PM - 18 Nov 10
https://twitter.com/SarahPalinUSA/status/5397487489646593
Seriously, who would even give a shit what her book says, in context or out. But the out-of-context line always means the excerpts are pretty harsh. Excellent!
DeleteWhy, Sarah, you are the journalism major. I thought that you would have studied all about copyrights and photos and quotes-- and the fact that jokes are constitutionally protected speech.
DeleteI would think Stephen Colbert would find this tweet of interest.....
DeleteI notice that the Firefighters, Ashton and Noam are gone, but Martin Luther King Jr. is still there. The MLK estate is very careful about how is image and speeches are used. MSNBC worked very hard to obtain the right to run the "I have a dream" from start to finish with no interruption. Here is some contact information:
ReplyDeletehttp://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/about/article/copyright_information/
In the case of the King photo, it was used in fundraising for Sarah's PAC. The King Family does not want King's images (or speeches) to be used in that way. "Jennifer Jenkins, director of the Center for the Study of the Public Domain at Duke University's School of Law, says she respects the right of King's family to maintain their father's legacy. "[But] EMI Publishing—they have a raison d'être, which is to exploit copyrighted works," she says."
The King Center requires that any intellectual property associated with MLK be authorized for use:
http://www.thekingcenter.org/archive-terms-conditions
Sarah Palin trademarked herself so people would not put her picture on a t-shirt or a mug for the purpose of making money. She resents Begich using her in his election campaign. Sarah Palin, of all people, should respect the trademarked, copyrighted and protected images of other people, people far more famous than her, especially since she uses these images to raise money for her PAC.
Hey, Sarah, take down that photo of Martin Luther King with your PAC logo on it. It's beyond tacky! It's a vulgar way to honor the memory of that remarkable, important man. He never would have endorsed you or donated to you.
She is an ass and a proven racist on top of it all! She has the deflated boobs (no balls!) to use Martin Luther King as a fund raiser for her PAC? Friggin' amazing!
DeleteI know what I'd like to do to her and it tain't pretty (but then, she isn't either!).
I hope there are screen captures and someone does a write up about what she does. Her Bots are too stupid to understand. A few might catch on with a good clear explanation with pictures.
DeleteDid you see this post she has up with Trig's picture about the Jewish holiday. What friends in NY does she have? What a joke this woman is.......
ReplyDeleteMy best wishes to the Jewish community today as Yom Kippur is celebrated. This is the most solemn and important of the Jewish holy days wherein we’re reminded of humanity’s timeless struggle for peace and justice in a world in need of redemption. May we never cease striving for these ideals, may we never lose hope in the ultimate goodness of God, and may we always seek His unearned mercy and grace. It is amazing that He miraculously and freely gives to those who ask and accept.
I received such a meaningful gift yesterday from friends in New York. This photo shows the rose they sent me; it’s handcrafted out of the remains of rockets fired at Sderot and other Israeli communities from Gaza. The sculpture represents people who grow roses from rockets, “creating beauty from ashes,” representing an Israel that has endured so much. May the people of Israel know who their friends are, and may they know peace.
- Sarah Palin
There are three stories about those metal roses on line, dating from 2009 and 2010. Where was Sarah then?
Deletehttp://mainfo.blogspot.com/2010/12/turning-kassam-rocket-shrapnel-into.html
Turning Kassam rocket shrapnel into fundraiser for Israeli bombshelters
How does one fight back against rockets that rain from the sky? Maybe a little Alinsky-style ridicule. Maybe publicizing heart-wrenching stories of victims. One Israeli artist, Yaron Bob, has used his metal-working skill to turn rockets into roses. The funds support construction of Israeli bomb shelters in endangered neighborhoods. The gifts range from $25 keychains to larger bouquets costing thousands.
http://www.rocketsintoroses.com/ajn.html
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread600510/pg1
Please notice that Sarah did not buy the rose and support the cause. Someone in NY sent it to her, and Palin didn't repeat the entire store. (some journalist). In fact, instead of Sarah saying that it represents "Israel that has endured so much," how about quoting the artist? ""Israel doesn't just throw rockets [at] people. And when they are thrown [at] us, I turn them into roses," he said. "It is powerfully meaningful when a missile that is used for killing is turned into a sign of beauty, growth and prosperity." The proceeds of the project are going to build reinforced concrete shelters for the residents of Ashkelon.
She's such an idiot. This is a solemn holiday where we pray to atone for our sins ( if you are religious). You don't celebrate or wish people a nice Yom Kippur. She is SO inappropriate as usual!!! It really bothers me as Jew that she talks about Israel all the time. She hurts the causes of Israel. She doesn't help. And if she really cared about a israel, she wouldn't support Rand Paul of all people. I could go on an on.
DeleteSTFU Sarah!!
She's got her Gods mixed up. The New Testament/"Christian" God she speaks of is a far cry from the Old Testament/Jewish guy she should be referring to on Yom Kippur.
DeleteShe has no idea -- none -- what religions she's talking about. An utter duffus.
She has to make even Yom Kippur about herself and her prop kids- but you can bet your last dollar it won't be a day of atonement for Sarah Palin, it's just another religious occasion that she has no connection with to exploit.
DeleteDid she remember to use someone else's picture and put her $-begging logo on it?
Sarah's close personal friends with Heidi Abaramowitz.
Deletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1F1roIJsMU
That Jesus and his miracles. Amazing!
DeleteOy! Her friends from New York, her code for 'you know they're Jews if they're from New York.' Idiot.
DeletePolitico has it also...
ReplyDeleteSarah Palin PAC sued over Sept. 11 photo
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/sarah-palin-pac-september-11-photo-lawsuit-96796.html#ixzz2epF2E6ff
C'mon all you Palin flying monkeys---your queen needs more cash to pay off all the lawyers. Empty those accounts. You all don't need food or shoes. Sarah
ReplyDeletewill be a few wigs short and she won't be able to keep Todd looking like a porn director if you don't help her out.
This is probably a major issue - the idiots had to put their little SarahPac stamp on the picture
ReplyDelete“North Jersey Media Group is concerned about the infringement of its photograph and people taking credit of the photo who are not entitled to,” the company’s lawyer William Dunnegan said.
"People taking credit of the Photo"
Has anyone else seen reports of this development on any right wing blogs or news websites? I haven't, and I'm on my third page of Google-searched results for "Sarah Palin to be sued for use of iconic photo".
ReplyDeleteIsn't the right wing capacity for avoiding truth and facts and reality amazing?
kajo,
Deletethey may not be talking about it but they know about it.
on c4p if you go to the post about her 9/11 fb post with photo it now says:
This Facebook post is no longer available. It may have been removed or the privacy settings of the post may have changed.:)
I betcha in the end, Palin will say that she didn't authorize those pics to be put on her website, thus trying to save face and blame someone at the same time. Typical Palin...
ReplyDeleteYep. I'd bet on her "reloaded" response.
DeleteLast I heard, she denied responsibility for anything SarahPAC did, and said there was no direct connection between her and the PAC, back before the 2010 elections.
DeleteYeah, right
No connection between her and her Pac, she just takes the money and spends it on herself and her family.
DeleteI died and went to Heaven! Great job to all who contacted the NJ Media Group!!! What's she going to quit from and whine & bitch about now when she gets nailed with lawsuits?
ReplyDeleteIronically, either Sarah Palin OR her PAC getting sued will probably prompt another SarahPAC fund drive to help her pay whatever penalty is levied. ;-/
ReplyDeleteSad to say you nailed it.
DeleteKaJo,
DeleteJust a hunch but I think rather than fund raise, she'll "funnel" (from SarahPAC).
She can't, after all, blame THIS one on the bad ol' libs filing "too many" ethics complaints.
No, she'll want to distract from this debacle REAL quick.
I mean, using the name and likeness of well-known public figures on ads for a political action committee withOUT doing the necessary legal clearance ? And nobody on her 'team' caught it ???
That's such a HUGE business mistake it defies belief!
Wish I knew how to use Photoshop cuz it'd be REAL fun to "reciprocate" by slapping Sarah's besmirched name and sagging face on ads for ... oh, I don't know ...
Manure ? Hemmorhoid cream ? Alakska's first "Abstinence Clinic" ???
I'm sure $aint $arah will be foaming at the mouth about her 1st amendment rights being violated, at least in her version of the constitution. Bwahahahaha
DeleteSo, finally "Sarah/I can do what I want until the courts tell me I can't" is told she can't.
ReplyDeleteThis must be the first time someone has finally called her out on it.
Why oh why wouldn't she know not to do this? Didn't Tim Crawford or whoever her PAC treasurer is, or any of SarahPac legal experts not notice this illegal usage? It appears she's running this PAC on a skeleton crew.
Couldn't happen to a nicer gal. Wink!
What does she pay consultants for if they did not alert her to the copy right infringement?
DeleteMaybe they did and she didn't care?
She, like George Zimmerman, must feel pretty invincible these days, having gotten off Scott Free for her many lies, crimes, misdemeanors.
We know she doesn't like to be called out on anything so will she produce another "blood libel" video?
When they write about this I hope they bring up her alleged claims about journalism. What were her grades? HA!
DeleteWhy did Sarah and Bristol 'copy write' themselves a couple of years ago?
Deletemeant to write 'copy right'
DeleteNo problem, I believe Sarah actually filed to "copy write' herself before Piper corrected her.
DeleteCongrats to the IM reader that got the ball rolling on the 9-11 photo and for Gryphen's encouragement to ask that Sarah Palin© be held accountable for copyright violations.
ReplyDeleteFingers crossed that next week she's forced to take down the 'Let Allah Sort it Out' image with the photo from Fort Richardson.Thanks to Gryphen for the IM post with info showing the image from a U.S. Army website was used in violation of DoD regulations.
+1,000
DeleteSo...Ft Richardson supports her edict to "Let Allah Sort it Out." And using their images to support SarahPAC?
Deletethe posing with military is still there..isn't that the one that could really land her in hot water? off to see where I send it to declare my shock of it being used to raise funds for a Political Action Committee..
ReplyDeletethanks!!
DeleteAnd they had the nerve to put their own claim to fame on the photo. I am a journalist and do my own photo work, nothing pisses you off more than a thief who steals you work. But some people don't know how to create their own work. Not mentioning any names...
ReplyDeletePutting for PAC logo on a copyrighted photo.... Free.
ReplyDeletePaying off the lawsuit with donated money from the PAC... Free
Sarah Palin losing her last ounce of credibility... PRICELESS!!!
love it!
DeleteReally picking up steam:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/20130913/sarah-palin-and-sarahpac-sued-over-use-copyrighted-911-photo
http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/sarah-palin-sued-for-using-9-11-photo-to-raise-funds-1.6071590
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57602951/sarah-palins-pac-sued-over-iconic-9-11-photo/
And finally:
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-09-13/sarah-palin-political-committee-sued-over-use-of-9-11-photo-1
Oh, good, everyone is learning how low Stinky Palin is willing to stoop and whom and what she's willing to exploit to get money- and what an opportunist and a fake she is.
DeleteI wish they would headline that Sarah Palin's Pac STEALS from 9-11 and the others. Go on to mention she claims she was in a journalism class. Finally someone stands up for their rights and sues the clown posse.
DeleteVladimir Putin is rushing to get another Op-ed ready for the NY Times.. Sarah Palin is my friend.
ReplyDeletePresident Putin along with President Obama continue to ignore Sarah Palin - she is nothing but a gnat to people in real authority. And that includes the GOP.
DeleteBefore I even read this the headline alone brings on my song. Oh Happy Day
ReplyDelete(oh, happy day)
Oh, happy day
(oh, happy day)
When Palin got sued
no more dirty wigs and hooker shoes
Oh happy day
la la la......sing along C4P
What is even more funny is that she is no longer rolling in SarahPac donations to pay Van Flein and/or Tiemessen to represent her in legal actions. Look for another huge push for donations from the flying monkeys. Hilarious.
ReplyDeleteAn excerpt from ICONS: THE PHOTO SEEN 'ROUND THE WORLD: Thomas E. Franklin's firefighters raising the flag photo
ReplyDeleteAt the end of 2001, the Associated Press Managing Editors Association and Editor & Publisher magazine named it the best picture of the year. The photo was on the short list of photographs considered for the Pulitzer Prize.
The use of the firefighter photo for profit became so rampant that by December 2001, the flag trio and The Record finally hired the New York law firm of McCarthy & Kelly to protect the paper's copyright and block unauthorized uses for commercial purposes.
"While most claim to be donating all or part of the proceeds to the World Trade Center disaster charity funds, we are not confident that the revenue generated by the sale of these illegal products is actually finding a way to the families that have suffered," partner Bill Kelly said in a statement.
One revenue generating venture was approved -- a "Heroes 2001" stamp issued by the US Postal Service with the Franklin image. President George W. Bush, as part of the six-month remembrance rituals of 11 March 2002, unveiled the stamp in the Oval Office. Franklin, Johnson, Eisengrein and McWilliams attended the ceremony.
The stamps had a plus sign instead of a price. They cost 45 cents rather than the usual 34-cent first class price. The extra revenue was to go the Federal Emergency Management Agency; a little paid for Postal Service operating costs.
Thomas Franklin was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2002 for his photos from 9/11, he didn't actually win the Prize.
Maybe Sarah hoped she'd get sued so she could get her attention-fix. I wouldn't put it past her. She'll somehow try to make herself the victim in this and fire staff and get someone to start a trust fund for her legal costs. It gives her more money AND gets media to talk about her.
ReplyDeleteShe isn't smart enough to think that through - and will no doubt blame someone else for selecting the picture
DeleteI don't think so. She pulled those post down pretty fast, the 9/11 Firemen, Ashton and Noam, gone gone gone. If she was in a defiant mood, ready to fight, they would still be up there. Now, let's get to work on Martin Luther King Jr. He wouldn't want to be seen as fundraising for Palin.
DeleteHold onto those copies of these PAC ads that you might've downloaded to your hard drives at home. By altering someone else's work with her placement of her PAC logo onto it, Sarah is implying an endorsement of her PAC by the individual on the photo, especially those who are alive at the time she used their image or likeness.. At the very least, they will make her make a public apology, but for what? Because she is stupid? Selfish? Selfish AND Stupid? A Grifter of the Nth degree? These might be public figures, but a "Politician" (See Sarah Palin Facebook profile) cannot imply an endorsement like that by just hijacking their image or likeness. By the way, neither can a failed, broken down, former reality TV "personality". There are more of these in the recent past if you'll just check your personal archives.
DeleteBy the way, I don't have to tell those unlike Sarah who actually know how to run a business, but stealing shit that you're too cheap to pay for --- this is called "Penny Wise Pound Foolish"---Old English Proverb that Sarah never learned, obviously.
BTW, now how did she come up with supplies to have her home built by "Todd and a few of his butt-buddies, er, I mean buddies..." Todd of the shitty fence-job fame. Yeah, right. The walls... come tumbling down.., the walls come tumbling tumbling tumbling tumbling down...
They're all in the hopper, already being processed. Her attorney has obviously told her that the only way to mitigate any damages is to get them all down ASAP.
DeleteBut after having had them up for several weeks, the damage is done already. The clock on the statute of limitations will begin when she brings them down on EVERY site.
Still, bringing them down is the first step in complying with the instructions of a decent attorney. It also takes away any defense that you thought you were doing right. Obviously an expert business person AND a journalist would know that you ought to ask first before you do something stupid like steal somebody's property just because you might be able to get away with it. After all, isn't that why Sarah trademarked her own name?
This ain't Wasilla or Bumfuck, Idaho, Sarah. Your country-fuck roots are showing, and it ain't too perty.
But am I happy? You're goddam right, I'm happy to see her in such a "squirmish" that I guarantee she's soiled her britches 3 or 4 times since just this afternoon. That's 1 or 2 more than a normal day. But I might be on the low side on the estimate, too, since she never changes her drawers with the first leak.
And Krusty loves it that way.
ha the post is off her twitter account and fb account!!
ReplyDeleteha skank! now pay the fines. we have more infringement suits lining up for you.
This looks like the place to go for questions about Mrs. Copyright's use of the MLK Jr. photo.
ReplyDeleteIntellectual Properties Management (IPM), the exclusive licensor of the Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. at licensing@i-p-m.com or 404-526-8968.
Thanks!
Delete...OT but what has Sarah Palin done to assist in helping and mainstreaming DS people...nada! Others have.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/12/will-kate-painting-gift_n_3915196.html
Rather sad - when she could have done so much - guess she wouldn't have been able to keep the money raised - or she might have charged too much for her presence at any fundraisers.
DeleteHEH. tHERE GOES SOMEONE UNDER THE BUS!
ReplyDeleteHow about the big gulp people......the skank used them too. We can bring up sarah on many occasions infringing on copyrights. She needs the crap sued out of her. Take her down.
ReplyDeleteHere's the MLK Jr. photo with copyright notation (© Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS). It still may be the Estate in charge of licensing.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.biography.com/people/martin-luther-king-jr-9365086/photos
It takes a real scumbag to use that photo signifing the loss of 3000 plus people on 9/11 to try and use it for their own financial gain. Just how unAmerican can Sarah get.
ReplyDeleteSarah Palin (trademarked) is the epitome of un-American.
DeleteAmen to that 9:30.
DeleteThis will be an interesting test of which MSM sites are still playing ball with Sara. If they run it there's hope for real reporting. If they ignore it then they are in on her grift. Notably missing from the reporting is the "liberal" Huffington Post. How interesting they present themselves as a voice of the left but they go out of their way to only present articles about her that are positive or ludicrous. They ignore any and all stories that might paint her for the crazy scammer she is. Nice sell out HP.
ReplyDeleteI've accused one of their editors of having a girl crush on Sarah or on the take. Nearly all the comments hate Sarah and HP making such a big dill out of that pickle.
DeleteSent: Friday, 09/13/13 11:30 EST
ReplyDeleteTo: BorgJ@northjersey.com
(Jennifer Borg, General Counsel, North Jersey)
Re: Tacky Usage of 9/11/01 photo used for commercial usage by political PAC
Dear Jennifer:
Thank you for your decisive action.
FYI, Sarah PAC seems to be making a habit of using the intellectual property of others without attribution, permission or compensation. For instance, a photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. was used in a similar manner earlier this year. For instance, it took me all of five minutes to search for the copyrights and ownership of the King photo, which was recklessly appropriated under similar conditions to yours. Perhaps a judge might consider that fact to be material in determining punitive damages for such a disregard for the property and copyrighted material of others, especially an individual who often touts her degree in Journalism! Additionally, if you are not aware, Sarah Palin has also has gone to great lengths to protect her own name. Sarah Palin is a registered US trademark, serial number 85-170,226. In any event, it seems that Ms Palin has a high awareness of the value of trademarks and copyrighted material, but is more careful to protect her own without concern for injuring the rights of others. These are just a couple of tidbits to give you the scope of understanding of a layperson here who has grown very weary of witnessing this individual grift off the treasuries of her state and our nation, while also taking advantage of the good intentions of so many. If there's anything I can do to help, don't hesitate to contact me. I have no interest in this situation financially, politically, or in any other manner other than a personal desire to see you folks made whole from the damages that Ms Palin has inflicted on your business. I would hope that it would include a sincere apology and acknowledgement of purposeful wrongdoing, but I have no stake or say in that matter. So I wish you best of luck in the lawsuit against Sarah Palin and Sarah PAC.
Sincerely,
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On Sep 12, 2013, at 10:13 AM, "Borg, Jennifer" wrote:
Thank you so much for contacting us. Her use of the photo was most certainly not authorized by us and we would never have allowed it.
We will be contacting her and I thank you for bringing it to my attention.
Jennifer A. Borg, Esq.
General Counsel
North Jersey Media Group Inc.
1 Garret Mountain Plaza
Woodland Park, NJ 07424
973-569-7680
From: P D [mailto: xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 12:32 AM
To: Borg, Jennifer
Subject: Tacky Usage of 9/11/01 photo used for commercial usage by political PAC
I was horrified by the tacky usage of your 9/11/01 photo being used in fundraising by a PAC controlled by one of the most selfish, self-interested, anti-American grifters that this country has ever known. I hope that this was done without your knowledge and that you did not grant permission for Sarah Palin to stand on the graves of our fellow Americans killed on 9/11/01 in order to line her own pockets.
Please note the PAC logo which has been superimposed on the bottom right corner of your photo. The photo was used without attribution as well.
Here is the link to the photo, which is on Sarah Palin's Facebook page as well.
https://sphotos-a-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/p480x480/1185063_10151857156588588_632627282_n.png
Sarah Palin's Facebook Page:
https://m.facebook.com/sarahpalin?id=24718773587&refsrc=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsarahpalin
Thank You.
Thank you!!!!
DeleteFantastic! Great job!
Deletehank you x 1000.
DeleteThe power of the people!!
This is fantastic.
Thank you so much for your efforts and your thoughtful acknowledgement of their actions. I really enjoyed the addition of the pervasiveness of her use of other photos for fundraising as well. And the inclusion of her "knowledge" from her "degree" makes it all that much more ridiculous for her to claim ignorance. I am awaiting her response, rather her victimization, to her actions!! Great job.. !! I am here to support everyone, just lurking most of the time.. next, could you write a letter to Stephen Colbert?.. you have such a way with words.. I did not watch the video I am referencing, but just reacting from what others have said. I trust your judgement if you think this would also be suitable. Thanks, thanks, a million thanks.. Pam
DeleteBy the time she takes down all the other people's stuff, she will be left with an empty page,just like her head.Free speech is not stealing from other people which is all Sarah Palin does.
ReplyDeleteThat leaves Trig. Put your PAC logo on the kid, Sarah!
DeleteOh but she has her awesome happy family pictures to post....again and again.
DeleteLet's be honest about who is at fault here. Sarah's consultants, the ones being paid hundreds of thousands of dollars, probably hunt around the internet for a suitable photo, quotation, and write the facebook post. Then, they put the PAC logo on the photo, because that's what pays their salary. (I'm assuming that's there is more than one. It could be one dumb bunny, too). But, the person who is ultimately responsible is Sarah Palin because it is posted on her facebook. That's her name on it, and that's her name on the PAC. And the person who profits from the donations is Sarah. She also uses those posts promote herself. So, she is the one who benefits, even though someone else may have selected the photo, added the logo and written the post.
ReplyDeleteIgnorance of the law is no defense, especially for a National Political Analyst with a "Journalism" degree and her years and years of CEO-level Executive Management (Many more than the President!), and successful Entrepeneurial Savvy and Expertise in business operations that Ms Palin claims as her forte.
DeleteThe buck stops with the boss, and her name is on the PAC and its website, including her Facebook, both of which she is the primary benefactor. While she might not face any personal liability on behalf of the PAC (only fiscal liability for the PAC's assets), her own personal Facebook page ( the incredibly popular one with over (3.6 MILLION likes!!!) is possibly an entirely different animal, because she has a separate PAC site(s) from her personal Facebook.
"Since God doesn't render judgement in Federal Court nor in state courts, (not even in Texas), we'll have to let the Federal Judge sort it out."
---Boney Boo Boo
Hey Sarah, would you rather have Allah sort it out for you?
;^) I got my nose fixed. What have you had "done" this week, Quitter?
I'm so glad this got picked up! What's despicable is exploiting those who died and those who loved them on the anniversary of the attack, with her logo on it to raise money.
ReplyDeleteI suppose Bristol will be dusting off the dancing shoes and schlepping to hollywood, or another fake reality show. Maybe there'll be another Palin Wedd--scratch that. Hey, if we're lucky Baldy PAC will do a you tube video! What fun!!! Sarah, surely, will use this as another "blood libel" look at me I'm the victim.
At this point with this latest BaldyPAC fuck up are we even sure Baldy is ALIVE?
ReplyDeleteDid the Toad leave her wandering around in the woods on that "hunt" she was on last week? And some desperate...hungry...mangy grizzly bear had Baldy for lunch, dinner and a late night snack?
Toad? RAM? Beefy? Wallow?
Krusty...what have you found out peeking through those virtual windows?
Where is the body of Baldy???
LOL!!!
Krusty better eat those undies she's been carrying around in a brown paper bag and huffing... just in case Toad decides to cash in his "annuity" early.
DeleteKrusty, you better brush your teeth real good, too. Having Sarah's DNA in your mouth might be incriminating if Sarah turns up missing, even if she skips bail and takes her canoe and duck hunting shotgun and high tails it over to Putin's Place in good ole Russia.
Hurry, look out the back door, Todd. Can you see that cadaver on land in Russia yet?
No seriously, Todd. I was just fucking with you. That's a lake behind your house, not the Bering Strait. Never mind, Todd. Here's a 3-pack of Magnums. Go in your room and dream that you could fill one of these up with the help of a couple of your home-building buddies. Dumbshit. Just like your Ex.
Hunts? Oh you mean those pictures of someone hunting that had Sarah's head photoshopped on?
Deleteo/t but still about grifter skank-and how she does nothing to help people in the down syndrome community to bring compassion, understanding and awareness...........unlike prince william and kate
ReplyDeletehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/12/will-kate-painting-gift_n_3915196.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular
That was wonderful, what Kate and william did for the DS girl. I have come to the conclusion that the reason Palin does nothing for DS fund raising is because too many questions would be asked. Too many people know the TRUTH, so she keeps Trig in the background, unless someone gets mad enough to tell the whole sordid story. People who know the truth could make a lot of money by speaking out now. Soon it will be too late, nobody will care.
DeleteIf the images were on her personal page in addition to the pac page then it is not just the pac that should be sued. The palins should be sued for damages up to and including emptying the pac and the value of both compounds and the plane. That should do it. Let em go live with bristle. Do you think Roger will keep her on when she is so toxic hot she is glowing?
ReplyDeleteI saw the images on Sarah Palin's Facebook. She used them to promote herself and to get donations. She's responsible for what she posts on her Facebook.
DeleteBingo, 9:03.
DeleteLike Fawn Hall hauling ass to the shredder for Traitor Ollie North, Sarah will be making a mad dash to destroy all the documentation. But that's okay. Everything is on multiple servers and besides, nothing disappears. And if a judge wants to see something that you destroyed to keep it secret and its incriminating, that just adds to the criminal nature of an activity that might otherwise be a damage claim instead of a tort. But people who steal intellectual property and put it out there for their "3.6 million " supporters (actually about 125K, but she's gotten a good deal on the rest of the names) aren't usually the sharpest crayons in the box.
This is exactly why everything the Palins own are under LLC's. Hide the assets where they cannot be touched in case of a personal lawsuit.
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ReplyDeleteEmail to: licensing@i-p-m.com
Intellectual Properties Management (IPM), the exclusive licensor of the Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc
Dear Sir:
The attached photo of Dr King was posted to the Facebook website of Sarah Palin (and other afilliated sites) with the name of her Political Action Committee, Sarah PAC, superimposed on it (see top right of photo). I have serious doubts as to whether the King family or MLK Foundation would approve of the alteration and usage of this photo for the purposes of fundraising for this particular individual's PAC or any PAC of this nature by alteration and misappropriation of the image and likeness of Dr King.
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I wanted to make you aware of this earlier when Ms Palin posted it to her Facebook on August 28, 2013 along with her plea for additional funds for her PAC. I am unsure which particular email address that I sent a notice for this, but in any event, the photo remains on her site and other affiliated web sites as of today 09/14/13.
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FYI, a lawsuit was announced against Sarah PAC for that PAC's similar usage of an iconic photo of firefighters on 09/11/13, which was also altered with the addition of the Sarah PAC logo onto it and then used without attribution, permission or purchase of the rights to use.
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Please feel free to contact me if I can give additional information or be of assistance on any manner.
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Should you wish to receive a copy of the North Jersey photo as it was altered and misappropriated, I'll be happy to forward a copy to you if you wish...
Thank you for helping keep Dr King's Dream alive...
IMers, this appears to be the correct contact info for the Estate of MLK, Jr. If this has been posted already, I apologize about the redundancy. I haven't been able to read but a few comments so far since I've been researching this issue and writing correspondence to the Licensors of Dr King's Estate.
ReplyDeleteJust as North Jersey Media Group has been diligent in protecting its copyrighted material, I hope that IPM will be just as aggressive in protecting the licenses to Dr King's body of work and his likeness and all of the copyrighted material owned by his estate.
Here is some information that I located on the MLK, Jr Estate:
USE OF DOCUMENTS
To obtain proper authorization for use of Dr. King's works and intellectual property, please contact Intellectual Properties Management (IPM), the exclusive licensor of the Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. at licensing@i-p-m.com or 404-526-8968.
I used the email address in my notice to the King Estate:
licensing@i-p-m.com
If you feel as strongly about the likelihood as I do that Sarah Palin's use of Dr King's work and likeness is reprehensible in her possible misappropriation of Dr King's image and likeness for her own personal gain, please join me in contacting Intellectual Properties Management at the email address above.
Because there ain't no damn way she should be using these materials for her own gain.
---Boney Boo Boo
Bravo! Right on! Even if the photograph of Dr.Martin Luther King Jr. is in the public domain, I doubt that his center wants his image to be used to solicit funds for Sarah's PAC. The placement of the PAC logo directly over his head implies that he is asking you to donate to her PAC. That is absolutely the wrong way to have honored him.
DeleteThank you for all of your hard work.
DeleteHahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
ReplyDeleteWhew, I just poured the last glass of wine from that bottle. I was so happy to hear about the lawsuit that I spent 90 bucks on my dogs (includes $40 for dog food. I ain't THAT stupid) at Petsmart so I wouldn't feel guilty about taking them in the store and then dragging them out after 5 minutes, when we had a puppy-play dates arranged with a friend who has two pups that are the same size as mine and they're all big buddies. I was just throwing treats and nylabones and chewey stuff in the basket like they were closing the store forever. I think her dogs wanted to come home with us just for the goodies. Now I've got to ride up there again tomorrow or I lose my brownie points for unloading her 50lb dog food bag at her house for her. Since she weighs about 70 lbs, it's a big deal. No, actually that's her pit bull that weighs 70lbs and has a man-crush on my German Shepherd-something something Animal shelter rescue mix that weighs about the same as her Pit, but my Germie is a foot taller. Really I don't know what my friend weighs but she's lean and mean, and I'd rather not get punched in the neck (or the goulies, not that she would, but why risk it?).
ReplyDeleteLast sip. Hey, I was just thinking. Isn't it a great week when Little Georgie Zimmerman and also too the Grifter- Quitter both palinize themselves? Haha. Damn right, that's a good week. Now onto the weekend...
I so hope this is true and they sue her a## off.
ReplyDeleteI posted this awhile back, but here it is again to prove that NOTHING Patty Plagiarism does is original, even the Death Panel meme. Here's the Big Gulp Liberty pose, about six months before she "borrowed" it (this poster was on soda trucks all over town for a LONG time):
ReplyDeletehttp://www.foodrepublic.com/2012/08/24/do-you-oppose-nyc-soda-ban
She had to turn her back on the audience to get it right.
DeleteYeah!!
ReplyDeleteFinally!! Sarah, the courts are telling you to STOP!!!!
Paging our Ms. GinaM! The peeponders are flailing about this morning, desparately trying to convince themselves that the photo is really in the public domain. I guess Google is not their friend. Too fucking funny.
ReplyDeleteYeah, pol, I was just over there to see if they're still bitching. Bunch of bottom feeders, that pee pond!
DeleteAll those donations Scarah siphons off from other political campaigns/ causes... priceless! Think of all that money going to the campaigns of a real candidate.
ReplyDeleteNo wonder other politicians resent her. Not for the the callow crassness of her grifting - after all, these are politicians! - but for the fact that she sucked them off (see what I did there?) and captured them from competitors for this same low-information tell-me-who-to-resent/ what-do-I-support check-writing idiot.
I am sooo proud of the person who got the ball rolling on this.
ReplyDeleteThank you!!
Reme,ber, Al Capone was felled by tax evasion.
Maybe copyright infringement is the start of the take down on of this bulboe for good!
O/T
ReplyDeleteI was getting my hair done yesterday and reading a People magazine while waiting. There was a feature of people who are the "same age"
They had a picture of 49 year old Sandra Bullock and a picture of Palin WHEN SHE WAS 44 and tried to compare it to Bullock. If they had really shown Palin now at 49....well,
Palin is NOT the only party the newspaper has sued over this photograph, even though C4P and other Right Wing bloggers would have you think she is being unfairly "targeted." http://eyeontherecord.blogspot.com/2013/01/judge-dismisses-njmg-suit-against.html
ReplyDeleteMicMac
The Wasilla Washout gets owned...
ReplyDeleteWell my hair is on fire. Just looked at Quitter Twit's Facebook page, and noticed her (her bots') Thursday post based on the AFL-CIO complaint that there is a glitch in the Affordable Health Care Act when it comes to some union health care plans. She totally misstates it, which is her right, but she might have taken care in using the picture.
ReplyDeleteI assume she used it because she likes the about-to-give-the-mic-a-hummer pose, but what's with the 4 in the banner behind her, it doesn't appear in any other pics of that day and it is flopped (notice the 4).
Also, the people on the right do not appear in any of the videos from that day. Most of the folk behind her were bussed in by the late Breitbart for the Tparty rally for the Koch toady Scott Walker and did not identify themselves as union folk.
I suspect she might have rights to the left side of the picture, but I am not so sure about the right, where her hoof-print appears. Copyright bar members, Sarah's Facebook page could be a gold mine.
Also, take a good look at the picture of the Yom Kippur rose gift and Trig. His arms are very odd looking for a child and for the focus of is face on the right. Notice how smoothed out everything is between his sweet little face and the iron rose. Just sayin'.
ReplyDeleteOne more thing on the Quitter Twit's Facebook page. Notice the picture of Trig and the rose. The Rockets to Roses website says those models are 7 inches. Now it's possible she has a one of a kind, but that tall model is not available for purchase. Is this swag for mention?
ReplyDeleteWhy is Trig holding that pointy metal rose? What kind of parent is Sarah Palin? The kid has DS and can poke his eye out! That whole family is a bunch of idiots.
ReplyDeleteWhere's his glasses?
Sarah Palin will do anything for a photo op and attention.
Letting Trig play with that pointy metal rose is dangerous. Why would Sarah Palin let a DS kid do that? I hope that idiot doesn't let him play with steak knives.
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