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The Southern Poverty Law Center has subpoenaed a notorious Colorado gun rights group in their copyright lawsuit against Virginia hate group leader Eugene Delgaudio, who is accused of illegally using the wedding photograph of a gay couple in an anti-gay flyer campaign. Court records connect Dudley Brown, a Windsor Republican, to the “preparation” of the mailers, which targeted state Senate …

Over the weekend I noted that a special prosecutor from another Virginia county had been appointed to investigate anti-gay hate group leader and Loudoun County Supervisor Eugene Delgaudio. Now we know why. The name of the former FBI agent hired by Loudoun County to lead the investigation of Supervisor Eugene Delgaudio was included on one of Delgaudio’s list of potential …

Virginia-based hate group leader Eugene Delgaudio has filed a motion seeking the dismissal of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s lawsuit for his usage of a gay couple’s wedding photo in anti-gay mailers. Public Advocate, represented by Arrington Law Firm in Centennial, Colo., claimed that the use of the couple’s photograph was fair and protected by the First Amendment. “This case …

A federal court in Illinois has fined a local man $1.5 million for posting ten gay porn films to a popular site for illegally sharing copyrighted materials. The figure is believed to the biggest awarded in a file-sharing case. The award is thought to be so large because the accused, Kywan Fisher, did not defend himself against claims that he …

Michael Stipe: “Losing My Religion” was used in the Fox News coverage of the Democratic National Convention last night. R.E.M. today, through its music publisher, Warner-Tamerlane Music, demanded that Fox News cease and desist from continuing its unlicensed and unauthorized use of the song. Michael Stipe said, “We have little or no respect for their puff adder brand of reportage. …

Earlier this month we learned that hate group leader Eugene Delgaudio had stolen a gay couple’s wedding photo for use in a nasty flier sent to Colorado’s voters. Yesterday the Southern Poverty Law Center weighed in. Today, the SPLC sent a cease-and-desist letter to the group and Eugene Delgaudio, its president. The letter, sent on behalf of the couple and …

Eugene Delgaudio, head of Public Advocate, the SPLC-certified hate group, ripped off the wedding photo of a NYC gay couple for an anti-gay flyer sent to voters in Colorado. One of them writes on his wedding blog: I want to share what this picture means to me. It represents my first home away from home, my beloved NYC, which at …

The British government has ordered the nation’s internet service providers to block access to Pirate Bay, which is arguably the most notorious site for trading bootlegged copies of movies, music, and television shows. The block, starting within weeks, will mean millions of Britons will no longer be able to access one of the biggest and longest-running global filesharing sites. The …

The unseen cameraman in Shotgun Boy’s now-viral clip is sending takedown notices to YouTube users who have reposted the clip. JMG reader BStewart23 got the following after his copy was yanked: ATTENTION: We have received copyright complaint(s) regarding material you posted, as follows: from Chase Young about Don’t Ever Change, North Carolina Bigots – bstewart23. Video ID: yVfgD66uqgM. Please note: …

From the user terms: Your Content in our Services: When you upload or otherwise submit content to our Services, you give Google (and those we work with) a worldwide licence to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works (such as those resulting from translations, adaptations or other changes that we make so that your content works better with our …

He’s been using Eye Of The Tiger as his entrance music for years, but Survivor has finally gotten around to suing Newt Gingrich. Rude Music Inc. — owned by a member of the band Survivor — filed the suit today in federal court in Illinois … claiming Newt has jacked the song made famous in “Rocky III” to push his …

Whatever your feelings about SOPA, it cannot be denied that stealing content pays ginorously, judging from the crib of the just-busted MegaUpload founder.

Spanish authorities have arrested a man for leaking an advance copy of Madonna’s coming single. At least one demo recording of “Give Me All Your Love” was posted on the web in November, two months before the planned release of Madonna’s first new album since 2008’s “Hard Candy.” Police did not give the name of the man arrested in the …

Anti-gay fast food outlet Chick-Fil-A says they own the words “eat more.” And nobody else can suggest eating more of anything in their advertising. A folk artist expanding his home business built around the words “eat more kale” says he’s ready to fight root-to-feather to protect his phrase from what he sees as an assault by Chick-fil-A, which holds the …

Bachmann has ignored the cease-and-desist demand.

If you use the popular service Twitpic to post photos to Twitter, here’s some interesting news. World Entertainment News Network, a news and photo agency, announced this month that it had become the “exclusive photo agency partner” of Twitpic, a service with over 20 million registered users that allows people to upload images and link to them on Twitter. The …

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Shepard Fairey has settled his long-running dispute with the Associated Press over their photograph of Barack Obama, which Fairey turned into his now-iconic “Hope” poster. In settling the civil lawsuit, “The A.P. and Mr. Fairey have agreed that neither side surrenders its view of the law,” The Associated Press said in a statement Wednesday. “Mr. Fairey has agreed that he …

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IHOP is suing the International House Of Prayer, the virulently anti-gay group affiliated with whackadoodle preacher Lou Engle, for stealing their famous acronym. The Kansas City, Missouri-based church group “selected and adopted the International House of Prayer name, knowing it would be abbreviated IHOP. IHOP-KC intended to misappropriate the fame and notoriety of the household name IHOP to help promote …