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   From: dtravel@sonic.net   
      
   Thanatos wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   >  Anim8rFSK  wrote:   
   >   
   >> In article ,   
   >>  Thanatos  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> In article ,   
   >>>  Anim8rFSK  wrote:   
   >   
   >>>> The one I think is really really really ridiculous is that you have to   
   >>>> have permission to show the HOLLYWOOD sign.   
   >>> Another of the multitudinous examples of how copyright law is broken and   
   >>> needs to be brought under some semblance of control.   
   >>>   
   >>> If you put a big honkin' sign on the side of a hill and turn it into a   
   >>> worldwide icon, you can't then (morally or rationally) turn around and   
   >>> bitch about people taking pictures of it.   
   >> Yep. I'll bet dollars to donuts that this one is somehow rigged by   
   >> Valenti's evil organization.  I bet you could show a similar CHIGAGOLAND   
   >> sign without repercussions.   
   >>   
   >> The thing is, you'd think they'd WANT you to showcase the HOLLYWOOD sign.   
   >   
   > You'd think the RIAA would *want* radio stations to promote their   
   > artists on the radio, too. Yet they're calling music on the radio unfair   
   > piracy and demanding Congress pass a law requiring radio stations to pay   
   > the RIAA for the privilege of advertising the RIAA's product for them.   
      
   I thought they did already?   
      
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