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Why the article ends with "censored by NRA"? NRA has all the rights to send a complaint because everybody does. And that's all they've done.
by Mikhail_Edoshin 10y ago
Why the article ends with "censored by NRA"? NRA has all the rights to send a complaint because everybody does. And that's all they've done.
- bjacobel 10y agoThey do have the right to attempt to enforce their own trademarks. 37,999 of the sites taken down didn't infringe on the NRA's trademark, though, only one (allegedly) did. That's an overbroad exercise of trademark claim, a chilling effect, and arguably censorship.
- mindcrime 10y agoIt seems clear though, that those other sites being taken down was more of a misunderstanding / technical glitch, than any malicious activity by the NRA. And from the sounds of it, the other sites were restored relatively quickly.