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It is, at the very least, impersonation. And https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35395239 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35395239 (https://d2eehagpk5cl6
by Nullabillity 4y ago
It is, at the very least, impersonation.
And https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35395239 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35395239 (https://d2eehagpk5cl65.cloudfront.net/img/q60/uploads/2021/02/MackeyMeme.jpg https://d2eehagpk5cl65.cloudfront.net/img/q60/uploads/2021/0...) is even more explicit about their intent to defraud.
- remarkEon 4y agoI guess I’m not following (and that second link is broken for me). Suppose I create a positive meme about a campaign, which obviously happens a lot. Is that still “impersonation”? I find what Mackey did really unsavory and gross but I’m not really understanding what the principle being applied here actually is. Are meme/jokes/absurdities about political campaigns not legal?
- Nullabillity 4y agoHm, I tried mirroring it now then... https://imgur.com/0znBo7v https://imgur.com/0znBo7v Anyway, they are both clearly designed to imply an affiliation with the campaign. It's one thing to state that you support X, it's another thing to claim that you are speaking for or represent them.
- remarkEon 4y agoAnd claiming this in obvious satire is now illegal? 2024 is coming up real quick, so everyone probably needs to understand the ground rules that this case changed.