"The brief also argued that trademark law does not allow lawsuits over purely noncommercial political speech."

That's putting the cart before the horse, isn't it? How would we know if the ad is noncommercial if we don't even know who posted it?

Sorry, Libel is a crime.

Sorry, Libel is a crime.

#2 | Posted by ExpsRedemption at 2012-01-30 02:42 PM

That depends on who you are libeling. I can say an awful lot of bad things about George W. Bush, and not face libel charges.

Politicians are not treated the same, when it comes to libel.

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#3 | Posted by Roy_Batty at 2012-01-30 03:01 PM | Reply | Flag:

When you are pretending to be someone else and then using that to badmouth another person... that is a whole different story than what you mentioned.

Interesting case. It's not really identity theft, it's not really libel. It does, unfortunately, lend weight to any move to control social media/bloggers/etc...

Interesting case. It's not really identity theft, it's not really libel. It does, unfortunately, lend weight to any move to control social media/bloggers/etc...

#5 | Posted by MUSTANG at 2012-01-30 03:14 PM | Reply | Flag:

It is falsely representing yourself as and authority of which you are not. Ron Paul making a criticism of Huntsman carries slightly more weight than just an average person making a criticism of Huntsman

By pretending to be sanctioned by Paul and criticizing Huntsman this is just adding to the merit of prosecution.

Ron Paul should let the free market handle this one.

Ron Paul should let the free market handle this one.

#7 | Posted by DARTHCHENEY at 2012-01-30 04:02 PM | Reply | Flag:

Yes... because he believes that we let the free market handle crime...

You can't be this dumb... you can't be.

Smells of Eric Dondero to me. That guy's full of shit.

The amateur-looking video, titled "Jon Huntsman's Values," suggested the former candidate lacked American values based on his time spent abroad and the adoption of children from India and China.

Uploader sounds like a real POS.

Ron Paul demanding the name of the POS is dumb and if successful will have a chilling effect on the political discourse already not in the best of shape.

Be Well.

"NHLiberty4Paul."

Just pretend it's one of Rmoney's SuperPacs, then it can say whatever it wants.

If NHLiberty4Paul was a REAL PERSON (like Exxon or Haliburton or GE), he wouldn't have anything to worry about. Unfortunately he is a bag of bones, blood and bowels like the rest of us former 'people' and will probably be screwed by the courts.