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| U.S. Appeals Court Says YouTube May Show Video that Outraged Muslims |
| 2015-05-19 |
| [AnNahar] A U.S. appeals court on Monday ruled that Google-owned YouTube should not be barred from showing an uploaded "Innocence of Moslems" film that outraged Islamics. A full 11-justice panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in the Socialist paradise of San Francisco ...where God struck dead Anton LaVey, home of the Sydney Ducks, ruled by Vigilance Committee from 1859 through 1867, reliably and volubly Democrat since 1964... sided with YouTube and rejected a court decision last year ordering the service to keep the "blasphemous video" off of its online stage. Actress Cindy Lee Garcia pitched a legal battle based on an argument that her five-second appearance in the film gave her copyright authority enough to prevent it from being shown without her permission. The snippet featuring the actress was taken from work she had done for a different film, and a dubbed-over line given to her character was offensive to the Islamic religion, according to her court case. The film outraged members of the Islamic community around the world and prompted a fatwa to be issued calling for the deaths of all involved in the making of the video. "In this case, a heartfelt plea for personal protection is juxtaposed with the limits of copyright law and fundamental principles of free speech," Justice Margaret McKeown wrote for the appellate court. "By all accounts, Cindy Lee Garcia was bamboozled when a movie producer transformed her five-second acting performance into part of a blasphemous video proclamation against the Prophet Mohammed." While expressing sympathy for the plight of the actress, the justices reasoned that "a weak copyright claim cannot justify censorship in the guise of authorship." Censoring "Innocence of Moslems" violated the First Amendment right to free speech at a time of intense debate and interest in actions, according to justices. The film calls Islam a "cancer" and has prompted often violent anti-American protests in more than 20 countries around the Moslem world. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 Has the 9th Circuit received advance intel of an upcoming Obama OSEAS (Or Dearborn?) cleansing? |
| Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 2015-05-19 14:12 |