Come and get me
At least in Eurabia. Bruce Bawer, author of the essential While Europe Slept, reports (see February 13):
It is reported today that Imbera, a Norwegian firm that hosts the website of Human Rights Service, removed three items from that site without notice because two of them were illustrated with Kurt Westergaard's famous Muhammed cartoon from Jyllands-Posten and one was illustrated with a Muhammed drawing by Lars Vilks. Imbera claimed to be acting in accordance with the EU directive on electronic commerce, and law professor Jon Bing says that Imbera had not only a right but a legal obligation to do what it did. But Nils Øy of the Association of Norwegian Editors disagrees, while Per Edgar Kokkvold, head of the Norwegian Press Association, calls Imbera's action "unacceptable," noting that if Internet hosting services can do this to HRS they can do it to newspapers, too.
Read it all.
Slightly OT:
"UN to US: Do more against racism"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080221/ap_on_re_eu/un_us_racial_discrimination
"The United States was making its first appearance since 2001 before the experts of the U.N. panel on the elimination of racial discrimination. The 18 independent experts, who are unpaid, periodically review the performance of countries that have signed the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination."
"Linos-Alexander Sicilianos, who led the questioning, said there was overwhelming evidence of police brutality against African-Americans, Arabs and Muslims, Hispanics and other minority groups."
Which countries make up the UN Human Rights Commission? Does that include Libya? Is this the pot calling the kettle black?
CTYankee;
Was it just a vicious rumour that Robert Mugabe also put in an appearance?....
Stopmakingsense wrote:
"Was it just a vicious rumour that Robert Mugabe also put in an appearance?...."
Thanks for jogging my memory! Zimbabwe is such a shining example of peace and tolerance! ;)
Robert:
I love this cartoon, purely for its provocative nature, and have wanted to use it myself from time to time.
However, I have not wanted to violate a copyright. Have you any information on the artist's or publisher's release of the copyright, or are you simply taking the chance that it is now in the public domain?
Please advise. I do not want to lose my law license over an intellectual property dispute.
Thanks
And piggy banks are under attack again, this time in Holland
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