Have you ever been in a pub and seen a loud drunk trying to start a fight and then when challenged seeking to involve and get back-up from his friends? I have and sometimes the friends are wise enough to stay out of things, other times they don’t and the consequence is often that they end-up getting a good-kicking. I thought of this analogy when reading an entry entitled “Get stuffed Harrington!” on a supposed ‘anti-fascist’ blog.
It reported:-
“The Great Fantasist himself, the One Big Vast Huge Onion’s farcical serial failure Patrick Harrington, is attempting to get Blogger to do the dirty legal work he’s too afraid to do himself.
This was in response to a complaint I filed with Blogger (owned by Google) regarding infringment of copyright. Norfolk Unity had been warned previously that action would be taken if they did not respect copyright and could at that stage have quietly removed the offending image. That isn’t exactly their style, however.
Instead they responded by stating:-
The picture was then posted on a number of associated sites. We were very intimidated! It also meant that we had to complain about all these other sites which have taken a hostile attitude to the Solidarity Brotherhood!
The result was that the image (and sometimes pages) from the following sites were removed:-
http://norfolkunity.blogspot.com/2008/03/get-stuffed-harrington.html
http://lancasteruaf.blogspot.com/2007/12/bnp-ballerina-provokes-new-storm.html
http://lancasteruaf.blogspot.com/2008/03/huge-growth-for-bnps-one-big-union.html
http://norfolkunity.blogspot.com/2008/03/huge-growth-for-bnps-one-big-union.html http://norfolkunity.blogspot.com/2008/03/huge-growth-for-bnps-one-big-union.html http://antifascistnetwork.blogspot.com/2008/03/solidarity-and-mysteries-of-copyright.html
http://norfolkunity.blogspot.com/2008/03/huge-growth-for-bnps-one-big-union.html
The end result was that not only Norfolk Unity but the other infantile leftist sites have made themselves appear foolish. Our Union will enforce Copyright and deal with any infringement of our legal rights.
Tags: Copyright, DMCA, Intellectual Property, Lancaster UAF, lancasterunity, norfolk unity, Pat Harrington, Solidarity
