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If copyright applied in cases like this, any politician who said or wrote something embarrassing could block reporting it.
by leereeves 6y ago
If copyright applied in cases like this, any politician who said or wrote something embarrassing could block reporting it.
- philipkglass 6y agoUsually the embarrassing information is published before the embarrassed party is aware that their dirty laundry is about to go public. Once the information is out there, a copyright infringement suit is usually an irrelevant or losing move for managing the politician's image. I would rate this story worse for Biden if he filed a copyright infringement suit against the computer repair guy or the Post, for example. Using copyright could prevail legally yet lose in the more politically important court of public opinion.