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  • Congressman Gaetz: "Robots should not be subject to Free Speech" (I'm Not a Robot)

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  • You don't need permission for true parody but changing the lyrics (unless you do so to comment on the original work or author) isn't that.

    Take Amish Paradise. It commented a bunch on the Amish. But it didn't say anything about Coolio or Coolio's work.

  • Congressman Gaetz: "Robots should not be subject to Free Speech" (I'm Not a Robot)

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  • The issue is there is not clear commentary on either Cash or the Barbie song. Perhaps it's meant to be contextually interpreted in a specific situation to act as commentary on something else, where it might be satire. And the fact that the two melded together offers a funny juxtaposition isn't necessary commentary.

    What does the author think of Johnny Cash or the Barbie song? What does he mean when he has the Beach Boys sing 99 Problems? The Red Hot Chili Peppers video from 10 months ago probably would get parody status. Because what they sound like to people who don't like them is actually commentary on the band. But so many of his works we can ask what should society walk away with from "Hank Williams sings Straight Outta Compton"? There simply is no message or commentary in most of these.

    While a parody targets and mimics the original work to make a point, a satire uses the original work to criticize something else entirely.

    Legal Zoom

    If anything granting it satire status is generous.

  • Congressman Gaetz: "Robots should not be subject to Free Speech" (I'm Not a Robot)

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  • It's a composition in the style of Johnny Cash that's meant to be funny. That's parody.

    That's satire. In the US for something to be parody it has to be a commentary on the original work(s) or author(s). A parody of Johnny Cash would be something like if they used AI to copy his song note for note but had lyrics that criticized him for portraying himself as bluecollar in his music despite his wealth.

    Parody receives higher protection than satire because the parodist is actually trying to make a statement. Most "music parody" like that of Weird Al is satire, which is why Weird Al asks for permission from the original artists.

  • Congressman Gaetz: "Robots should not be subject to Free Speech" (I'm Not a Robot)

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  • The video's maker claims this is parody but seems more like just (at best) satire which receives less legal protections typically. It doesn't seem that there's any commentary on the work original IPs, given the rest of his body of work.

  • Federal judge delays posting of Ten Commandments in Louisiana public schools

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  • So you honest to God believe that the Boston Massacre isn't an important event in American history? Just as the the French-Indian War which had it not occurred the Revolution wouldn't have happenen?

    My supporting evidence only has served as a platform for you to hang your own argument off of. If you needed to go to Wikipedia to learn about the French-Indian War just now you've no place to qualify American History as solely that of the English.

  • Federal judge delays posting of Ten Commandments in Louisiana public schools

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  • yet i easily did it

    You did it wrongly as well. The protestants arriving was critical in establishing Massachusetts as an English stronghold. If the English never colonized MA there would be no Lexington & Concord.

    Claiming that citing supporting evidence is cherry picking is ridiculous. You imply such without supporting you claim with a single point, as if there was a sea of evidence contrary.

    What about the French Indian War? Is that American history under your fine line model? How about the Boston Massacre? None of the involved parties there would have even considered independence at the time.

  • Joe Biden ends re-election campaign

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  • There's multiple people on here with multiple opinions, and those opinions are subject to change as new information arises.

  • Federal judge delays posting of Ten Commandments in Louisiana public schools

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  • The history of the land is the history of America. My "cherry picking" is just pulling events that every American student gets taught in k-12 American History classes. This isn't American exceptionalism this is recognizing that "French History", "English History", and "Native American History" that happen on American soil are American history.

    Trying to divide the history as being that of a government rather than a land is impossible to do as the histories of governments are interwoven.

    History builds on itself. The French and Indian War (1754-63) might not be considered by you to be the history of the USA but it was George Washington that sparked off the conflict. And it would inform the relations with native nations down the line. It also created the terrible economic situation that lead the taxation of the colonies. But for that war we wouldn't have the America we have today.

    And that war would have been much different if not informed by earlier conflicts like King Phillips War. There's no fine line to be drawn.

  • Federal judge delays posting of Ten Commandments in Louisiana public schools

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  • Thanks for pointing out the typo fixed it.

  • Federal judge delays posting of Ten Commandments in Louisiana public schools

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  • Only if you define American history as that of the current United States government which would exclude events most if not all would consider core events to American history. Like the Pilgrims landing, Lexington & Concord, and Bunker Hill. If you define it as the history of those who lived on the land you arrive at a different conclusion.

  • Federal judge delays posting of Ten Commandments in Louisiana public schools

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  • I think he was alluding to pre 1776 American history as well.

  • Treasury warns that anti-woke banking laws like Florida's are a national security risk

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  • I absolutely agree long term with out change Florida will be submerged. I only hoped to relay that this was a "in 20 years" type deal.

  • World Court Finds Israel Responsible for Apartheid

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  • For the sake of clarity is my claim is that most nations won't accept the legitimacy of any ICJ ruling against them as there is no practicable means of holding a nation to account. A judiciary without an executive is an exercise in futility.

    There is no crime without a consequence.

    Any nation at the point of which informed reasonable third parties declare them to have committed war crimes isn't likely to just slap their knee and say "you know what, my bad" after a ICJ ruling.

    It's one thing to respect the ICJ when you are a third party. It's another when you are in the nation subject.

    If the ICJ declared that many European countries violated human rights by not allowing criminals defendants to face their accusors, I doubt many of them would reform their justice system.

  • Treasury warns that anti-woke banking laws like Florida's are a national security risk

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  • It looks like it might to me unless there's a quantitative, impartial, and risk based reason or a "rating, scoring, analysis, tabulation, or action that considers a social credit score" the decision to deny them credit would be illegal for my understanding. Unless there's some justifiable monetary reason for them to deny service legal sex workers should be covered.

    HB 3 Florida 2023 session

  • Treasury warns that anti-woke banking laws like Florida's are a national security risk

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  • It'll be some time before we see 5 m of rise.

  • Treasury warns that anti-woke banking laws like Florida's are a national security risk

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  • Tldr: People were concerned that banks which are critical to most institutions could decide to deny service to those they disfavoured resulting in certain groups effectively being practically outlawed by a collective of private banks.

  • Treasury warns that anti-woke banking laws like Florida's are a national security risk

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  • “the risk that international drug traffickers, transnational organized criminals, terrorists, and corrupt foreign officials will use the U.S. financial system to launder money, evade sanctions, and threaten our national security.”

    Not that climate change doesn't increase the propensity of events with national security implications. But given the Treasury's examples I think the environmental policy aspects of the regulation aren't their major concern. Their ire seems to be at individuals or groups committing acts that violate established law.

  • Treasury warns that anti-woke banking laws like Florida's are a national security risk

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  • From what I was able to ascertain it seems like the law still enables denial of service on risk based standards, which should enable banks the deny service to the criminal enterprises the Treasury fears.

  • World Court Finds Israel Responsible for Apartheid

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  • Seemingly not among the involved party. What punishment can flow for this crime and the court's finding that wouldn't be levied otherwise.

    The indica of respect and legitimacy of a court is if their rulings are abided. Convince Israel a court with no Israelis should be the final arbitrator of their nations course of acts.