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Dear Ashley and Todd, | Dear Ashley and Todd, | ||
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and Daniel Domscheit-Berg. It must be very exciting to work on such a large | and Daniel Domscheit-Berg. It must be very exciting to work on such a large | ||
project, especially when you need, as your letter says, clearance on our logo | project, especially when you need, as your letter says, clearance on our logo | ||
"tomorrow" (15th January). How | "tomorrow" (15th January). How many people you must have to constantly ask for | ||
such | such permission, just for a little bit of set dressing! | ||
It is probably long past the point | It is probably long past the point where you were going to use it anyway, but | ||
here is our | here is our reply: | ||
From your description, it should be clear to anyone watching your | From your description, it should be clear to anyone watching your | ||
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you ''are'' Noisebridge or that Noisebridge supports your film*. | you ''are'' Noisebridge or that Noisebridge supports your film*. | ||
Given this, Noisebridge as a community believes you have the free speech right to use such imagery without having to ask permission -- especially those who you might | Given this, Noisebridge as a community believes you you have the free speech right to use such imagery without having to ask permission -- especially those who you might | ||
be implicitly criticising or commenting upon. Such a right is encoded in the | be implicitly criticising or commenting upon. Such a right is encoded in the | ||
existing nature of trademark and copyright with the idea of fair use. | existing nature of trademark and copyright with the idea of fair use. | ||
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Such a position is lunacy and a genuine threat to free speech and the first | Such a position is lunacy and a genuine threat to free speech and the first | ||
amendment. You should exercise all of your fair use rights freely | amendment. You should use exercise all of your fair use rights freely, without | ||
fear. | fear. | ||
So we say tell your friends at DreamWorks to publish (or print, or produce) and | So we say tell your friends at DreamWorks to publish (or print, or produce) and | ||
be damned. Tell them we fully support them in their brave stand. You can say | be damned. Tell them we fully support them in their brave stand. You can say | ||
with confidence that the only conditions | with confidence that the only conditions in which Noisebridge would sue them and their | ||
partners to the maximum damages entitled to us by law would be if it turned out | partners to the maximum damages entitled to us by law would be if it turned out | ||
that hackers like us were completely hypocritical nihilists out only for our | that hackers like us were completely hypocritical nihilists, out only for our | ||
own egotistical ends. | own egotistical ends. | ||
Given that you were so nice as to ask us, we can't imagine you think that of us. | Given that you were so nice as to ask us, we can't | ||
imagine you think that of us. | |||
Lots of love, | Lots of love, | ||
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Noisebridge | Noisebridge | ||
* - which frankly sounds a bit | * - which frankly sounds a bit sleezy. Are you really inserting a fake subplot about a non-existent American spy in Iran who is exposed in the State department cables? Doesn't that seem a little irresponsible to you, given the great, real stories in the WikiLeaks affair you could have written about? | ||