Comments on: Did you see the De Beers ad in the NY Times spoof? Now you will. http://www.thestreisandeffect.com/200811/de-beers-ad-ny-times-spoof/ When trying to block information backfires Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:05:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Christopher L. Jorgensen http://www.thestreisandeffect.com/200811/de-beers-ad-ny-times-spoof/#comment-112 Christopher L. Jorgensen Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:45:20 +0000 http://www.thestreisandeffect.com/?p=109#comment-112 But going after the registrar isn't THAT dumb. The DMCA will require the registrar to pull the content. Then the original creators will have to prove that it's parody, doesn't infringe copyright, and get it reinstated. You could be looking at weeks of downtime for them (an most likely their whole site). In addition, small time satirists won't have pockets deep enough to defend against something like this. What is stupid is bringing the attention to the issue at all. Now it will go viral. But going after the registrar isn’t THAT dumb. The DMCA will require the registrar to pull the content. Then the original creators will have to prove that it’s parody, doesn’t infringe copyright, and get it reinstated. You could be looking at weeks of downtime for them (an most likely their whole site).

In addition, small time satirists won’t have pockets deep enough to defend against something like this.

What is stupid is bringing the attention to the issue at all. Now it will go viral.

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