- McDonald's -

Parody is NOT copyright infringement!!!

Posted by: Mike Bacon ( Bedford, TX, USA ) on August 02, 1997 at 13:03:00:

In Reply to: going overboard over a stupid hamburger stand posted by J on August 01, 1997 at 22:04:26:

: I think you're going a bit overboard over some stupid hamburger stand... INTIMIDATION AGAINST IT?? Are you on drugs? Give me a break!!!!! McDonald's has better things to do with its time than that. As for copyright infringment - there's a law against it, OK? It's ILLEGAL. The hamburger stand owner was a FOOL if he thought he could do that.


There is a fine (VERY FINE) line that separates copyright protection and restriction of freedom of speech. There are people at Mickey D's Corporate that are obviously not making use of their time to accomplish those "better things".

Regardless of who does it, no court in the U.S., Canada, U.K., or wherever, needs its dockets jammed with frivolous lawsuits over petty bullshit. If I took control of the company, they would likely be the first to get a shape-up-or-else lecture from me.

Whether you believe it or not, J, every organization has its lazy bureaucrats who get off on inventing problems to solve. It's much easier than taking on the real ones.


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